A few years ago, I did some research and found the height is best 16-19 inches, depending on taste. Ours is 17 high x 14 deep x 34 wide, and it is comforable and practical. The total shower is 34 x 72. If the shower were 5-8 inches shorter, it would still be OK. A smaller shower (58x28 has a corner bench that is 18 inches high. Also OK, but I pefer the 17 inch heght. You need to be explicit with contractor as to exact "finished" height you want.

Our shower floor is a mudbed pour, so our dimensions are odd. The interior finished dimensions after all the tile was set, is 39" wide by 65" long. We did not want a bench built-in because I think it would feel alot smaller if we had. I figure that when we get to an age where we need one, we can purchase a free-standing bench at that time. Although, I don't ever find myself walking to the end of the shower where the bench would be anyway. The dimensions are perfect for us and give us plenty of arm and moving around space. Scroll to the bottom of the linked page. It's kinda hard to tell the size from the pic. To get an idea of the size, the glass door is 28" wide, the knee wall is 30" deep x 42" high, and the small section of glass that runs down the knee wall next to the glass door is 7" (28+30+7 equals 65" long). If you look back a page or so in the blog you can see the progress of the tile shower with the mudbed pour. Here is a link that might be useful: bathroom pics.

I'm looking for advice about shower dimensions that won't require a door. It's a new build so dimensions aren't set in stone yet but what do you think of this layout. Is the L snap necessary or would a rectangle with the opening st the far wall be okay. I want a rain head and both jets and a handheld on the top wall. A bench in the bottom corner. thanks

Thanks to all who replied. We want a doorless shower because it is so much cleaner than either glass doors or shower curtains. We will have radiant heated floors. We have this in our current house and it is excellent. I would prefer not to go back to either squeegeeing or curtains. We do not have a baffle and the floors do not get wet. (You and me both, Missi!) Sophie, good point about the pocket door behind the plumbing. We’ll fix that. Our current shower is 3‘ wide, with the shower head on the side, not the end wall. It has not been a bad design for us. We had almost this same layout, with tub instead of shower in our previous house. The part I didn’t like was insufficient room for towel bars. Mark, our current house has quite a few pocket doors. I prefer a swing door on the bathroom, but otherwise like the pocket doors for the room they add. What is your objection to them? We have another bath that will have a larger space and curbless entry for wheelchair access. This will be the guest and public bath. The two front bedrooms will, for our purposes, be offices. So the shower will not get daily use. Kristin, you are right about storage, although we will have a linen closet in the laundry room. So, the plan shows a pedestal sink, but I want a vanity for storage underneath. i was thinking we could shorten the shower and add shelves where it’s shorter. This is why I was asking for advice about length of a doorless shower. The shelves would be stupidly deep, but I think we could just frame the back shorter. I’m still interested to know if anyone has other layout thoughts.