Dirty hot water

you have any galvanized water lines in your home?

that faucet might have been on when some dirt got in water line from saya leak repair on the street.

bob haller wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

AFAIK all copper originally with PVC repairs. I think that line is all copper.

Nope, I have a well. Should have mentioned that.

Oren wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

A mobile home. Too lazy to look it up but probably 40 or more.

Again too lazy to go look - probably copper - if not, PVC.

Hot water gets used at least twice a day in kitchen to do dishes.

Ed Pawlowski wrote in news:98Cdnc6jvMWN snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Ah. Sounds like a very good possibilty. Never happened before though.

Turning it off and on caused the water to stop abruptly and loosed up some crap that has been accumulating for a long time.

That is a fairly common procedure when blowing down a steam boiler so it looses up and gets the solids floating so they can be flushed out.

Washer colored dirty? That means black in most cases.

Your washer is falling apart? ;-) Not likely, but if the faucet starts dripping much worse, save the old washer for physical and chemical analysis!

I have seen that happen when the fire department flushes the fire hydrants. Could it be they did that recently in your neighborhood??

Ken wrote in news:mpdotb$jiq$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Out in the country. No hydrants, Using well water,

That would dirty all the water in the heater - and the bathroom sink too.

I'm voting for accumulated dirt in the pipes getting jarred loose by jamming the tap closed quickly several times.