Positioning Guide For custom Shower Components

A) User height is one of the critical factors in setting the heights of shower outlets in the custom shower...and all users should be taken into account. Children and anyone confined to a wheelchair can be accommodated with a height adjustable hand shower bar.

B) The shower head should be set at a level above the head of the tallest user but not out of reach for shorter users (excluding children). The reasons are simple: taller users should not have to duck or crouch to rinse their hair; shorter users need to be able to reach the shower head so that they can manually adjust the spray pattern of the head and the angle of the water flow.

C) The top-level body spray is normally set at shoulder or back height. It should not spray horizontally into a user’s face or ears.

D) The mid-level body spray is normally set at waist or hip level.

E) The lowest-level body spray is normally set at thigh or knee height.
Note: Body sprays, no matter how many are installed, are intended, primarily, to have the entire body covered by water no matter which direction the user faces. Body sprays should be installed on a different wall from the shower head, whether facing it or perpendicular to it, so that the body sprays flow from a different angle from the shower head. Do not aim body sprays at the shower door.

F) The thermostatic temperature control valve should be set at approximately waist height and should be easily accessible.

G) Volume controls (the on/off valves) should be easily accessible to anyone using the shower, usually about waist high and slightly above the thermostat valve (depending on piping requirements). And, as with the thermostat valve, volume controls should be easily
accessible.