agree to put the volume at the nicest height. Also - kudos for moving the controls to where you won't get soaked to turn them on. ;-)

And move the temp valve around once a week or else they stick. My "summer shower temp" and "winter shower temp" activity isn't enough and periodically mine gets stuck.

"C"--Volume on top, since it will be the most commonly used, and you won't have to remember where it is.

Remember the number of alternatives always exceeds the number presented by one...:-)

Thanks David! She did a great job! For some reason, these have to go vertically.

You guys are the best! Which looks better then?

I have my thermo below with my two diverters above. One is to turn on the overhead and one is to turn on the handheld. Each diverter also controls the volume.

If me, I would definitely put the thermo on top since that is that is what I use the most. I love to adjust the temperature when I'm showering. I never adjust the volume and only adjust the diverter to turn the hand held on since I prefer that and DH prefers the overhead.

How do YOU use your shower?

Thanks Cpartist! I will only be using the shower head. Do you know which knob turns the shower on? Is this the type of shower controls where the temperature is set automatically to the same level whenever you turn it on?

Now that I’m looking at it, I am thinking D is best. This way the thermo is at an easy level to reach. Does that make sense?

If it is the right type of valve, you'll probably only set the temperature once. Well, once per person. I assume there is a shower head on the wall above these things?

A thermo you set to a desired temp. Now whether you change it or not is personal dependent. I generally don't change it - except with seasons a bit. My wife sometimes goes higher and I have to cut it back.

I agree D is best. Is this an outside wall? That might explain why they have to be vertical.

Thanks David and wingmeister. The wall is a freestanding interior wall. The shower head is on the adjacent wall, like in this poorly done sketch...

We made it so you can reach in to turn the shower on.

Now I’m thinking I should do “B” which is what the company I bought the products from is recommending. That way the volume is at 4’ which seems more easily reachable? “A” just looks prettier...

Here is the shower now (on the left- contols on free floating wall, shower head on wall where ladder is):

When installed, please post photos so we can see how it turned out.

If you don't plan to use the hand-held wand, you'll never use the diverter dial. Once you set the temperature to a pleasing level, you'll never touch that dial. The dial which you will use every time you step in and out of the shower is the volume dial.

Guess which frequently used dial should be on top and easily reached without conscious thought?

Have you checked their IG account for photo examples?

Thanks Virgil. This is why I thought volume should be on top, but is 4’10” too high?

Thanks Alison. There seems to be a lot of different variations. Maybe I am overthinking it.

"...but is 4’10” too high?..."

Not if you can easily reach it. Good luck on your project! :-)

We ended up going with a Kohler DTV+. One small little box that mounts on the wall with a touch screen interface, about the size of a modern cell phone. Yeah, it costs more, but not that much more because you end up buying less valves and trims overall.