Sometimes only a sort of gray.
Black water out of tub faucet.
It does not appear in other faucets of the house only the master bath tub.
Three main contributors can cause black water coming out of the tub faucet.
It s a good idea to have a licensed plumber inspect your plumbing to see if old pipes are in your home or the municipal system.
If you see black specks in the hot water only the water heater is probably contributing most of the rust whether or not you have galvanized pipes.
The discharge is not uniform.
I am also seeing the same blackness in the water coming out of of the bathtub faucet.
Before you make any steps to resolve this issue you must understand the cause so then you can efficiently resolve it once and for all.
In some cases tiny pieces of the pipe can break off and come out of the faucet.
Natural resin beads from your water softener are often black in color like charcoal.
The blackness leaves no sediment or physical particles specks when settling.
There are small signs that may indicate an issue.
It moves through the water pooling in the tub sink like a black cloud.
Well its normal to have this happen water when its sitting in the pipe it picks up the rubber from in shower cartridge then it will come out for the first couple of seconds black or dirty water.
The reason for black water running out the hot faucet is.
There are three main reasons this might take place.
If you saunter into the bathroom and turn on the faucet to find a burst of black water you likely want answers right away.
While this mineral is often present in the water supply when it mixes with oxygen it can turn black.
Sometimes the water softener can break down and the resin beads can get out and into the water system.
If the piping system dates for ages chances are it might need replacement at some point.
The old rubber in the flex hose started to deteriorate and rubber particles got into the water.
A burst of black water from faucet is pretty common in old houses as well.
Blackness seems to come out in spurts usually shortly after turning on the hot water tap.
It discharges only for a few seconds when it appears.
Under the right conditions with the right natural minerals and elements in the water like magnesium then you could get black water out of the faucets.