Our bathroom tub had begun draining increasingly slower, until eventually we were standing in inch or two of water by the end of our showers. The bathroom sink was also draining slowly, and a bottle of Drano didn’t help, so we finally called Bob and Marc Plumbing. We had used them several times before, most recently to install the tankless hot water system when our water heater went out.

The plumber arrived shortly after we called, and after snaking deep into the drain pipe, pulled out a big, dense, hairy plug that looked like a small rat.