Long shot... but does anybody know how come a shower can "produce" greasy water?

[Maelstrom]

That's the question.

The water from the bath tap is fine, I have been using the "telephone" thing to wash my hair and everything is ok.

However, if I use the shower, it is a completely different story, I can wash my hair three times and it looks worse than before I started . It feels as if I had applied handcream to it. Well, kind of.

Any clues? it is a mains shower powered by a "new" combi boiler. Having said that... other taps in the bathroom do not seem to have the same problem...

[fivegomadindorset]

How old is it? From DH

[nocake]

Try cleaning the shower head.

[Maelstrom]

Five, it is at least 10 years old, but could be up to 16. They were trying to change the valve last week, but the problem has been there for at least 6-8 months. THe boiler was changed last year so... I don't think they are related..

Nocake, will clean the shower head today, but I can't imagine so much oily stuff being produced in it.

[PorkChopSter]

Can you change the shower hose? Usually just screws in.

I'd suspect decomposing animal in water tank but if it's a combi boiler there's no chance of that. Look on the bright side

[Maelstrom]

no shower hose, I'm afraid. Happy on the knowledge there are no corpses in the unexistant water tank