Finally some good news today! Angie and I started digging out our sewer line on Friday to find that it curved toward our driveway, which is a good thing cause if it had gone straight back to the alley we would have to dig up all of our landscaping including a boardwalk with a wysteria covered top, our pond, and the benches around the pond... so seeing that it went away from all that was great to see... but we didn't stop there... we kept digging to find where the clog was, there had been new pvc from the house out to some old clay pipes. Today, with the help of my neighbor we installed a sewer cleanout into the pipe, had his cousin swing by and snake the drain for us and clear the clog, and then sent a camera down to see that everything was just fine and clear, and nothing was crushed or caved in!!!
So we are all good to go and the sewer line is back in working order! So no $4000+ repair needed! The neigbors cousin charged us $350 for snaking and the camera and we did the cleanout install ourselves which only cost us like $30 in parts!
I'm so happy I can shower and use the bathroom at the house again!