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One man shops usually won't over extend themselves into service work and new builds, they are either one or the other.

The gate valve looks dead. I do see a 3/4" BV at the left hand corner of the picture on the 3/4" roll copper that's stretched out. That ABS piping is fugly

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If they didn't glue it, which is doubtful. You'll have to work it back and forth until it comes up. If they glued it, dig down around it. Cut the pipe below grade, install a coupling and short piece plus the new cap. It also may just be a sleeve over a 4"DWV clean out. If that's the case you've...

There's pipe underneath the cap, ill bet money they dry fitted it on a piece of SDR-35. And if its a city tap, why is it your problem?

Drain is still partially clogged. It'll drain just fine without a vent, venting systems are designed to maintain trap seals on fixtures.

Are you speaking of a domestic water backflow preventer? Or a backwater valve? Which your picture shows neither. A domestic water back flow has to be installed in an accessible location, usually in the front of the building or mechanical room. It will stop the siphoning of the mainline during...

Does your house have a backflow preventer or a city meter with check valves?