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[MrDoss]

This needs more than dirt. You need a geologist and engineer. Depending on the makeup of the land, you may need pilings driven into the bedrock and geogrid for the retention walls and plant life for soil retention. Otherwise one really good rain season and you're right back to were you started because you put a bandaid on a severed artery.

[koda]

I wouldn’t expect anything less building a house on a sand pile

[ChrissyRizzo]

I’m a structural engineer and I promise you if we come back in 2 years….we will see the same equipment only demolishing the ruins into dumpsters, not sure how this was permitted or insured!

[stuwest]

This is why you hire an engineer before building on a hillside of loose dirt.
No rebar was used, anywhere and the retaining walls never had a chance. It's amazing how cheap some people can be only to their own detriment. I can only imagine how many other corners were cut in the construction of this "house"
I'd cut my losses and start over.

[rockymanbro]

I used to live at the bottom of this street in Farmington. We used to play exactly where this house is built. We used to call it the sand pit. It’s also where major flooding took place years ago. Blows my mind that houses are being built up there.

[perrrry]

As a concrete worker and engineer with a few years on the back in the field, I'm stunned by the slab size, and the extreme lack of rebar. ESPECIALLY considering the location.
Would also be worried about drainage by the looks of things, that sand..

[zlot]

House location is a perfect example of just because you can doesn't mean you should make it.

[Thabzzz]

I’ve been a structural engineer for a roads and storm water company for the last 8 years and I cannot believe you tipped some sand over the slope and said “we’ve done some good work”

[nessrcslotcarracer]

Those concrete blocks are called bin blocks and are notorious for not having any retaining structural strength. As a bridge engineer I suggest large Rip Rap and steel sheet piles 2/3 of the height driven into the ground. Hydro seeding is a good start. Adding concrete curbing to limit the water runoff down the hillside will help as well. Keeping the water on the asphalt will be best and letting it run down the driveway.

[johnkimball]

There's a reason we call that area "The Sand Pit". People have been trying to build on that and some neighboring slopes for decades. Many gave up. It looks like you finally found a geographical surveyor to do what you ask instead of what's right. the houses in Draper that just slid off the mountain are examples of what could happen when you mess with the natural slope of the mountain.

[bobbuckleyjr.]

Word of advice. Never cut into a mountain and use the fill to build on. Think of a square cut in half diagonally and used for fill. If this is the case spend some serious money for piers and a serious drainage system underneath the ground and gravel the heck out of it while compacting the heck out of it. Create a slope less than 20-25 degrees and plant rapid vegetation/trees on the soil. Terrence the front and back of the house and stabilizing piers all over the place. Again gravel underneath the home like crazy and ever where else, so the water percolates under the home like a underground creek. Think about buying land behind you if it can be bought. Just a few thoughts.

[bennetbr]

As an engineer I'd love to see the calcs for this one. I bet some creative engineering was used to get it permited. Unfortunately it's going to take some serious money to get that slope and house stable. Adding more soil only compounds the issues.

[trapz]

With all due respect one has to wonder why someone would build a very expensive home in such a precarious position. There goes a sound sleep, worrying if your house will be swept away.

[kentucky]

I don’t do dirt work for a living, but i have lived on the sides of mountains my whole life lol so this is just a suggestion, but i think the focus should be more behind the house routing water away from the home and driveway…also I think more stair steps cut on the slopes & more retaining walls would slow the water erosion significantly in those areas.

[mechbest]

For everyone that says your don’t need rebar in your concrete patios. This is the video to watch.

[jms]

It's sad to lose one's home, but the phrase 'more money than brains' springs to mind, here.

[USA__WILL]

The house collapsing sucks but that's why finding an engineer is crucial for these builds.

[niteshadepromises]

As someone who received a Geology degree in the state of Utah...been known for years the houses going up along the slopes are asking for trouble. Saw several slides take out properties in Ogden during my college years. Hell of a first hand field trip to see the movement of the earth.

[smileygladhands]

That's what happens when you build a house on the side of a mountain dude. Same with houses built along the southeast coast and hurricanes. You shouldn't necessarily expect it, but you also shouldn't be surprised if it happens.

[buildingfactory]

It would also help a lot to plant tree's around to keep the ground more together! You often see landslides on places were they remove trees