These are 12x24s in a 5x3 shower. The back wall is 5 feet. The middle accent tile is right at about a foot (just over). This is before Grout, obviously, which is being done today! (The picture appears a little distorted since my partner took a series of pics on the phone and "seamed them together" which some sort of app. But that back wall is flat). This post was edited by kirkhall on Mon, Mar 25, 13 at 14:31

SO glad to find this post! I'm really struggling; didn't catch this on the plan or I would have changed it. We've framed: - a 4' wide, 9.5' long walk-in shower - on each end is doorless opening of 2' wide - there is a 5.5' to-ceiling panel betwn the openings * on the side of this "wall" facing into the main area of bathrm I will do some sort of glass tile and the tub will be there, forming a "T" with the shower itself. So I have a rectangle that's much too long, and am concerned about showerhead placement. DH thinks if I put a showerhead on each end, there will be water splashing out the 2' walk-in. Independent of the decision, we'll likely install Kohler 8030 in-ceiling rainshower panel (I've heard great things from users) in center of shower. But if that's the ONLY showerhead, you're walking to either end to get shampoo, etc. from inset shelves! FYI, I've always planned to put a basic handheld mounted on the 5.5' center wall, facing the back, of course. I know I'm over-explaining, and I apologize, but I REALLY don't want shower doors and DH is convinced that's the only way I can mount a showerhead on each end of shower, since we didn't plan ahead and at least have a 5-8" piece come in from corner of shower before the 2' walk-in. Does anyone have any experience w/a shower this large, or advice on how the showerheads would perform if mounted on each end? For those who have read this far, I greatly appreciate it!

mongo (and Bill!), you are a genius. I was just pondering this very problem of an alcove tub/shower with large format subway running brick pattern and what to do on the ceiling since no matter what the ceiling tile would be at right angles to something -- this totally solves my problem. Thank you, thank you.

Thanks for the comments so far. I'm sure we CAN fit in the 50"x48" space, the question is just one of comfort and whether it's just SILLY to have a bench that deep. If our bench was 16" deep rather than 22", for example, we would have a 56"x48" shower floor space. Maybe it wouldn't be worth the hassle of changing the bench at this point. I'm just trying to avoid regrets and now would probably be the time to make a change. Does anyone even have a bench around 22" deep? It seems quite larger than average.