SO, here are some photos of our plumbing ordeal...

The cast iron waste stack was also shot from the crappy (pun intended) PVC repair (can't have PVC between sections of cast iron) all the way into the basement. Our friends Andy and Joe, and my brother Kyle helped with the stack.
Andy's a licensed Journeyman plumber, and I am too now, but wasn't during this saga...

Nice dirt piles in the front yard, eh?