Orca Hardware 10ST Series, Handrail Bracket

No. The 10ST Series handrail bracket is not ADA compliant, so it should not be specified where the handrail has to meet ADA graspability and clearance requirements. For a public corridor, stairwell, or any accessible route in a government, healthcare, education, or multi-family building, specify a bracket that carries an ADA compliant rating instead.

Delaney Hardware's 3 inch handrail bracket, part DLY-4061, is the nearest straight equivalent. It is the same kind of part as the Orca 10ST: a wall-mounted bracket that carries a handrail away from the wall, ordered as the bracket alone. The Orca 10ST comes in Oil-Rubbed Bronze, Satin Nickel, Polished Chrome and Black, so on a run where the rail hardware has to match existing trim, the finish choice is the deciding factor between the two.

Delaney's DLY-40615 is the heavy duty option in the comparable range, a 3-1/2 inch handrail bracket built for stair runs where the rail takes constant hand load, such as multi-family common stairs or a back-of-house service stair. The Orca 10ST is the standard-duty bracket in the same wall-mount format. Where a facility standardizes on one bracket across many stairwells, the heavy duty 3-1/2 inch version is the one specified for the higher-traffic openings.

Delaney Hardware offers three handrail brackets: the Delaney 3 inch handrail bracket, the Delaney 3-1/2 inch heavy duty handrail bracket, and a Delaney decorative handrail bracket. If you need a stated projection, the two Delaney sizes name theirs (3 inch and 3-1/2 inch), and the heavy duty 3-1/2 inch is the one to look at for a rail seeing constant traffic.

Delaney's DLY-406111 is the decorative handrail bracket in the comparable range, made for entry stairs, lobbies and residential-scale interiors where the bracket is meant to be seen as part of the trim package. The Orca 10ST is the plain-profile version of the same part. Both mount the rail off the wall the same way, so the choice comes down to whether the stair calls for a shaped bracket or a straightforward one.

Yes. Bracket size is the rail-to-wall projection, so a 3 inch bracket such as Delaney's DLY-4061 and a 3-1/2 inch bracket such as Delaney's DLY-40615 hold the handrail at different distances from the finished wall. If brackets on a single continuous run are mixed, the rail will not sit straight. Order one size for the whole run, and when adding brackets to an existing rail, match the projection already on the wall rather than assuming any handrail bracket drops in.

Order by brand and model: Orca Hardware 10ST Series handrail bracket, MPN TH-10ST. The only choice to make is finish, and there are four (oil-rubbed bronze, satin nickel, polished chrome, black). No handing, no size selection.