wall footing
{{Short description|Type of shallow foundation}}
A wall footing, or strip footing, is a continuous strip of concrete that serves to spread the weight of a load-bearing wall across an area of soil. It is a component of a shallow foundation.{{cite book|last=Allen|first=Edward|title=Fundamentals of Building Construction|year=2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=Hoboken, New Jersey|isbn=9780470074688|page=52}}
Wall footings carrying direct vertical loads might be designed either in plain concrete or in reinforced concrete. Since a wall footing deflects essentially in one way, it is analyzed by considering as a strip of unit width and its length.