How do you stop 'stuff' from coming out of bathtub faucet?

They should try flushing out their hot water heater. If that doesn’t work, a water softening system may help. If the house was sitting empty for awhile, it’s probably the water heater sediment.

I’m not absolutely sure, but I seem to remember them saying it’s in both the hot water and cold water. But, I’ll ask as soon as I’m able. The house sat for a little bit…but, not years.

Oh, it doesn’t come into the sink or the other bathrooms. Isn’t that weird?

Guess it depends what’s coming out of the faucet. Could be in the particular branch of pipe that serves the tub only. Could be something coming off the faucet itself. Need to determine what the stuff is to figure out how to solve the problem.

use a stretched-out clothes hanger to dig the stuff out, or to loosen the blockage so it will go down the drain.

Perhaps turn off all the other taps in the house, add some descaler to the hot water tank, and then run the hot water in the tub for a few hours.

Probably a crazy question…how do put something IN the hot water tank?

It may be coming from the spigot itself. There could be corrosion inside the faucet.

If they look in the spigot and see rust or corrosion they can take a plastic bag, rubber band and Lime Away cleaner and fix it.

To do this they fill the baggie with Lime Away place it on the spigot so it is all covered and then secure it with the rubber band. Leave it over night and then flush it out by running the water through it for a while in the morning.

Those are things I’ll have her definitely try Thanks.

ok here’s what you do, hook up a hose to the water heaters drain valve, run the hose into a sink, drain cap or outside. turn the water heater off, and turn the cold side of the water heater off, then open the water heaters drain valve. the reason you see it in the tub and not the sinks is because most sinks have internal filters/aerators, where upon the tub is more likely to be a direct flow letting bigger objects past. run the water though for a half hour or so, i wouldnt recommend adding a descaler to the heater because it just might make the scaling worse. btw im a plumber

Do they have city water, or a well?

I have well water, and our water has a high iron content. Sometimes, we get tiny bits of blackish sediment in our tap water (hot or cold). We’ve had our water tested numerous times, and it always comes out perfectly safe – just minerals which are actually really good for you. In fact, I have iron deficiency anemia, and in lieu of taking iron supplements, I drink the tap water instead of the filtered water from the fridge. ^_^

@TrenchantWit Bless your heart. I’ll pass that along. It sounds reasonable to me.

@Seek_Kolinahr They have well water…and, these are not tiny bits…they are substantial. You guys are all so generous in your answers.

If the particles and flakes are white, then that is calcium and nothing to worry about.