Where you are decides what is wrong.

A 1910 stone foundation in Ogden, a 1985 block basement in Sandy and a 2019 slab in Lehi fail for three completely different reasons. These pages cover what the ground is actually doing under each.

Salt Lake CityCentury-old foundations on Lake Bonneville clay, right against the fault.Sandy & DraperBench homes on alluvial fans, valley homes on clay — two different problems.Lehi & American ForkNew construction settling into backfill that was never properly compacted.Provo & OremHigh water table on the lake plain, older stock near campus.OgdenThe oldest foundations on the Wasatch Front, where two rivers meet.Bountiful & LaytonSteep bench above, saturated flats below, and real debris-flow history.West Jordan & West ValleyThe valley's biggest block of tract housing, all built on the same clay.TooeleDifferent valley, different soil, and a longer drive for everyone else.

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