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This is a photo of the front of my house in Queens.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davieeng/3053055827/

(…or larger) http://www.flickr.com/photos/davieeng/3053055827/sizes/l/

I am looking to possibly have my sewer line replaced. The dotted red line indicates where the sewer pipe is located underground.
And my sewer line is about 50 feet long to the center of the street.

In general, how much excavation work do they need to do in order to replace the entire line leading up to the street? Do they have to dig a trench for the entire length.. or do they dig a couple holes in the street/sidewalk and then another hole/trench in the garden?

Just trying to get an idea of how much excavation (“destruction”) needs to be done before I start calling up the local sewer/main guys for estimates and video inspection. Any sewer plumbers recommendation appreciated too.. And a ballpark figure for replacing up to 50 feet of piping.

I was also told by a “Rooter” guy who was snaking out my sewer line recently that the underground sewer pipe within my basement might be back pitched as well (“great”) . Does anyone have experience with this type of problem? If it’s true, I’m not looking forward to excavating my basement too.

-D