Orca Hardware 10XL Series, HD Handrail Bracket With Round Base

No. The Orca Hardware 10XL Series heavy duty handrail bracket is not ADA compliant, so it should not be specified where the handrail has to meet accessibility requirements, such as a public stair or corridor in a facility subject to ADA. Use it where accessibility compliance is not part of the spec.

The Orca Hardware 10XL Series is a heavy duty handrail bracket with a round base. The closest like-for-like heavy duty alternatives are the Delaney 3-1/2 inch Heavy Duty Handrail Bracket, DLY-40615, and the Sure-Loc Heavy Duty Handrail Brackets, SUR-HB3. All three are handrail brackets built for the same job of carrying a rail off a wall; the Delaney is identified by a 3-1/2 inch projection in its series designation, while the Orca 10XL is identified by series rather than by a stated projection, so confirm the standoff you need against the rail and wall condition before standardizing.

The Orca Hardware 10XL is not an ADA compliant bracket, so on an accessible route where the rail must provide continuous graspable clearance, it is not the right choice and neither the projection nor the finish will change that. Specify a bracket documented as ADA compliant for that opening and keep the 10XL for stair and wall rails outside the accessible route, where its heavy duty round base construction is the point.

Five finishes cover the Orca 10XL handrail bracket: oil-rubbed bronze, satin nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, and black. If you are matching brackets to existing lever and hinge finishes down a corridor or through a stairwell, brushed chrome and polished chrome are both offered, so check which one is already on the openings before you order a run of them.

A round base bracket like the Orca 10XL mounts on a compact circular footprint, which is what you want on narrow trim, a jamb-side wall return, or anywhere a wide decorative plate would run past the finished surface. If you are after something with more presence on a feature stair, a shaped plate such as the Delaney Decorative Handrail Bracket is the other direction to look. Function is the same, the difference is the wall footprint and the look.

Other handrail brackets in the same class include the Sure-Loc Heavy Duty Handrail Brackets, which is the closest heavy duty equivalent, and the Sure-Loc Handrail Brackets for lighter residential runs. On the Delaney side there is a 3 inch bracket and a 3-1/2 inch heavy duty bracket, so if the projection off the wall is what is driving the choice, those two are stated by size and the Orca 10XL is not.

Yes. The Orca Hardware 10XL is the heavy duty round base bracket. Where a lighter rail does not need that, the Delaney 3 inch Handrail Bracket, DLY-4061, and the Sure-Loc Handrail Brackets, SUR-HB1, are the standard duty versions in the same category. The Delaney is a 3 inch bracket by series designation, and Sure-Loc sells its standard bracket separately from its heavy duty SUR-HB3, so the two Sure-Loc part numbers are not interchangeable when a spec calls out heavy duty.

They are not equivalents. The Delaney Decorative Handrail Bracket, DLY-406111, is a decorative bracket, while the Orca Hardware 10XL is the heavy duty round base bracket rated for commercial use. If the intent is a visual match on a feature stair the Delaney is the decorative option, but for a bracket carrying commercial duty rail loads the 10XL and the heavy duty peers such as the Delaney 3-1/2 inch, DLY-40615, are the ones in that class.

They will do the same job but they are not a visual match. The Orca Hardware 10XL is a round base bracket offered in Oil-Rubbed Bronze, Satin Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Black. Sure-Loc catalogs its own brackets as SUR-HB1 and, in heavy duty, SUR-HB3. For a run of rail that reads as one system, keep a single bracket series across the run and use the Orca 10XL where a new run is being started rather than mixing base shapes on the same rail.