Hello DIYers, so here’s my embarrassing predicament... we had a clog in upstairs bathroom sink drain. I went through the steps (plunger, baking soda/vinegar, wet dry vac, snake). Nothing was working. Even went on roof and looked in stack - there was a nest about 8 years ago causing a clog so I gave it another shot. Nothing. Tried a new snake today, my old one was rusty and kinked. Snakes about the full 25’ felt like I cleared the clog but now the snakes stuck. I’ve tugged, pulled, shook, etc with nothing. Sooo I cut the coil thinking I’d have an easier time moving it in and out to loosen it up. Nothing. So I reassembled the trap turned the water on and the clogs gone, but there’s a 25’ 1/4” coil still in there I’ll have to deal with. Any ideas? Can I access through crawl space if it even made it that far? Give it some time and try to pull out again? Leave it u til the next clog? Thanks for all your help!

Hi everyone, I've been searching for days to find a valve that looks like one in my house. It's a stop and waste valve that we turned on the other day to access an outside faucet. When the valve is opened, there appears to be a very slow leak (~1ml or less of fluid per hour) coming from the stem. Everywhere I look online says to tighten or repack the bonnet nut but there doesn't appear to be one. If anyone knows what kind of valve this is, and if/how a leaking stem can be remedied, that would be great. [attach]115415[/attach] Thanks so much!