Home Hardware and the Titan Post Anchor

Its with great pleasure that starting April 1st, 2012 that the Titan Post Anchor will be available to all customers of Home Hardware. The Titan Post Anchor is a revolutionary wood post anchor that allows DIY or professionals an alternative to traditional wood post fastening methods.

The Titan Post Anchor and all of its accessories helps transform a standard 4×4 or 6×6 wood post into a vertical and functional wood post in just a matter of a few minutes. The Titan is an internal anchoring system that goes within the centre of the wood post and then fastens to any wood or concrete surface.

The Titan Post Anchor is approved by the Canadian Building Code for most railing systems. Engineering tests are available from any Home Hardware store or by calling the distributor Otter Creek at 1-800-981-3590 or visiting the company website at www.ottercreekforestproducts.com

Home Hardware and Titan Post Anchor

With the new testing done in January, 2012 confirming the Titan Post Anchor will meet and exceed Canadian building code requirements has created a stir among Canadian building retailers. Now that the Titan Post Anchor has approval retailers such as Home Hardware, Rona, Castle and Tim-Br Mart can increase its marketing and expected increase of sales of the Titan Post Anchor.

The Titan Post Anchor is an internal anchoring system for wood posts that fastens wood posts to surfaces such as wood and concrete. The Titan wood post anchor has been in the Canadian and U.S. marketplace for approx 4 years and it continues to increase in popularity because of its unique strength and finished appearance.

The Titan Post Anchor can be purchased anywhere in Canada through the retailers mentioned in this article. If you would like further information about the Titan please contact the Canadian distributor Otter Creek at 1-800-981-3590

Home Hardware Titan Post Anchor Tillsonburg Home Show

Lots of curious on lookers took part in floor demonstrations by Crompton’s Home Hardware at the Tillsonburg Home Show on the weekend. Home Hardware is a national dealer for the Titan Post Anchor and customers were provided demonstrations during the show explaining the benefits that the Titan Post Anchor has over traditional post anchoring systems.

Titan Post Anchors are the only internal anchoring system available on the marketplace that allow homeowners and professionals to anchor wood posts to wood and concrete surfaces both indoors and outdoors and it has been approved for building codes both in Canada and the United States.

Homeowners can purchase the Titan Post Anchor in Canada through any Home Hardware store.

Titan Post Anchor Cut Away

The report of load testing for Titan Building Products of a guard rail system utilizing 4×4 Primus post anchors for compliance with the applicable requirements of 2006 Ontario Building Code and 2010 National Building Code of Canada, Section 9.8.8.2 sentence 1 in conjunction with Table 9.8.8.2 for guards within dwelling units and for exterior guards serving not more than 2 dwelling units.”

The Titan Post Anchor is a revolutionary wood post anchoring system that provides a reliable and safe solution of anchoring wood posts to deck surfaces vs the traditional methods that possess numerous challenges to homeowners and contractors when installing the traditional way.

This report can be obtained from Otter Creek by calling 1-800-981-3590.

Titan Wood Post Anchor

Question from City of Barrie

 I am a Plans Examiner for the City of Barrie and I have a homeowner that wants to use the Titan Post Anchors. Do you have any testing that is stamped by an Engineer of Ontario?

Reply from Richard Bergman

Thank you Robert for your message.  In early December we successfully completed very extensive engineering testing for compliance with guard rails according to both the Ontario and Canadian building codes for our 4×4 post anchor up to 42″.   Intertek has a world class cadre of engineers and the report is being drafted right now.  This should be available some time early in the new year.  It will include maximum spacing, joist blocking, fastener and other specific configuration related details.  I trust it will satisfy all areas of interest.

Reply from City of Barrie

Thanks for the quick reply. It appears like it will satisfy what we require before we will approve the use of the product in the City of Barrie. I am sending a blind copy of this reply to the homeowner so that he is aware that it should be approved in the near future. I look forward to receiving the report when it is ready for our review.

General Info

To date thousands of the Titan Post Anchors have been installed both in Canada and the United States with great success and positive feedback from customers. Titan continues to expand its testing with all its products to continually satisfy the building code requirements in both Canada and the United States. The Titan Post Anchor is one of the strongest and safest post anchors on the marketplace today.

Were to Buy

Titan Post Anchors are distributed in Canada through Otter Creek and product can be purchased online at the companies store by visiting www.myocstore.com

Wood Post Anchoring System

It seems a direct response from myself is required to clearly express the state of the Titan Post Anchor if users wish to use them in wood rail applications 60cm above grade or higher where the Ontario Building Code or Canadian Building Code applies. 

 It can be confusing for most people and is the reason why we are in the final stages of actual railing section tests by Intertek having already gathered a large body of data for the performance of single free standing posts. The OBC Table 9.8.8.2 states: the completed guard rail system, must withstand a uniform load of 0.5 kN/m (34 lb/ft) over the length of given rail OR;concentrated load of 1.0 Kn (224 lbs) at any point along the rail. The Canadian Building Code, section 4.1.5.14 (1b) states that a guard in a residential environment must resist a concentrated horizontal load of 1.0 Kn (224 lbs) and a uniform load of 0.75kN/m (51 lb/ft) over the length of given rail. My company has invested much resources in conducting extensive tests to provide accurate guidance to users so they will be able to determine how to build their wood rails to easily surpass these standards.  Intertek, the global testing experts for guard rail products has confirmed on the basis of three sample testing average loads on single 42″ posts as follows: 4×4 42″ post and anchor – 337 lbs4×4 42″ post and anchor – (chicago bolt) power bolt  – 425 lbs Tested May 20104×4 42″ post and anchor – post brace – 608 lbs Tested May 2010 6×6 42″ post and anchor – 503 lbs6×6 42″ Titan Max post and anchor – 643 lbs – Tested May 2010 In each and every case the concentrated load on a single post is actually greater than the minimum design load required of a finished railing (plurality of posts).   This is not the most difficult standard to meet and in fact when a point load is shared by a number of posts our testing of sections shows point loads of as high as 700 and 800 lbs.  The uniform load is what determines the maximum distance posts can be spaced apart from one another.  This is determined by the total load of a given rail divided by the distance between corner to corner.   The OBC sets this at 34 lb/ft and the CBC sets it at 51 lb/ft.  Total loads of 700 to even 800 lbs (120 lb/ft to 133 lb/ft) have been achieved.  This surpasses both code minimums by a factor by at least 2.35x.  Keep in mind this sample is a 36″ high rail section so a 42″ section would be slightly lower – but still well above minimum loads required.

 Our final set of testing, currently under way with Intertek will determine the guidance we give users as to post spacing in any given railing design.  This is what most people are waiting for.  So you will have to be patient.  But even without that documention any engineer can accurately calculate total loads that any given number of posts will provide by adding up the single post load values and dividing by the rail span distance from one end or corner to the next.    Intertek is now engaged in verifying independently the same style of test: two posts and rail subjected to a maximum concentrated load.  This body of data on railing sections will be added to the single post data to create comprehensive guidance on virtually any post or rail configuration.

I have personally conducted numerous load analyses based on our Intertek data for customers in Muskoka and Wasaga and had their engineers review our numbers from Intertek and approve the various designs.  But I can not do this for hundreds of customers at a time. And this is what a growing group of people have been asking for and so this is what we are committed to providing.  I wish this could happen at the snap of a finger but this is a major capital investment for a small but growing Canadian company.  And my employees and I gratefully thank you all for your support and business. We recently received notice from the Canadian Patent office and were issued a patent for this product.  We have also received notice from the US Patent Office that a patent will issue in the coming months.   As you and tens of thousands of customers across Canada and the US can see, the concept of using a lightweight hollow tube to impale the core of a wood post provides an added level of strength that is missing if lag screws only are used while eliminating big ugly rusty external wrap around brackets.  Rest assured you are dealing with a company that conceives, develops and brings to market some of the most innnovative building products in the world – and with engineering to back it up where required.   If your region requires this kind of enhanced engineering reports, please stay tuned.  You will very soon be able to offer your customers the most advanced surface mounted wood post anchor system in the world.

Kind regards, Richard Bergman, B.Comm, LLB

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This website has a large variety of decking accessories such as deckorator balusters, titan post anchors, Ipe decking tiles, solar lighting, stains and sealers, cooking grills and much, much more. The deck season is short in Canada and most homeowners want to take full advantage of their outdoor living space and while doing so enjoy some of the upgrades in materials that are available to help enhance their living space on their decks. Otter Creek has a modern warehouse with a variety of items to suit most homeowners needs. Product is shipped in a timely manner and prices  are reasonable considering the quality product you are purchasing when it comes to specialty building materials.

If you have a need to create your own style of outdoor living than you need to look at what they have to offer.

Titan Post Anchor

I just had a customer call and wanted to use my post system on a roof deck
of a boat house up one a residence on one of the lakes in Muskoka and the
local inspector or engineer wouldn’t accept anything accept what is shown in
the SB-7 Guidelines of the Ontario Building Code.  So the customer asked me
to prepare something for his engineer to review.

 I took his plans as he had them and prepared a load analysis on each rail
span based on the individual load ratings of each type of post from our test
data and calculated the total load per span and compared it to the Canadian
building code. 

 This plan was easily over the code at all spans, typically 2 to 2.7x beyond
the code.  Safety Factor in Canada is 1.5x.  The customer gave this to the
engineer along with our Intertek letters and approved it

You can purchase the Titan Post Anchor at www.myocstore.com

If your looking for a product that will save you time and money for fastening wood posts to any type of deck surface you need to purchase the Titan Post Anchor. This anchor is made of galvanized heavy steel and simple bolts to the surface of a concrete or wood surface. This eliminates the need to go to a ground application when installing railing systems on raised deck surfaces. The Titan Post Anchor is designed to fit the base of any 4×4 or 6×6 wood post and comes with a variety of accessories to help the installation and also comes with a host of accessories such as post skirts to dress the anchor up once installed. If you would like to purchase the post anchor it can be purchased online at www.myocstore.com .