[Tim]

If I would have used a concrete footing on this project at all, I would probably have did a 4" deep - bell shaped footing with the wider end at the bottom being 12" wide. I would have to consider the existing base, and determine if it would be prone to settling(newer home, black dirt instead of virgin clay or loam) if I were to just use 12" of compacted inch down rock instead of concrete. Whatever you did on it, I still love the way its looks completed. I could see a similar wall going up at your new location kind of snaking it's way along that elevation change running from 10pm to 4pm in the lower left hand area of the new house picture you posted in the other forum. Tim