Shower controls should be placed at a height 40 50 102 127 cm above the shower floor and out of direct line of the water path to avoid being caught in extremely cold or hot water when operating.
Minimum height for shower door.
32 inches width x 32 inches length x 72 84 inches height since the standard sizes are pretty small ensure that the door to the shower opens outward so that you can conveniently enter and shut the door to the shower.
The height from the bathroom floor outside the shower must be at least 72 inches according to the 2003 international plumbing codes handbook by r.
In general the width of a shower door should be between 22 inches and 36 inches.
Sliding shower doors range from 45 inches to 47 inches.
Measure the opening height.
Wider sliding shower doors will be 57 inches to 59 inches wide.
An accepted minimum is the glass height being at or above the bottom of the shower head.
This frame plus the need for a slight space on each side of the shower door reduces the total shower door width in these 60 inch alcove applications to 58 inches.
If the width is longer than 36 inches you may have to include an extra panel to the door to support the weight of the structure.
You can use a shower curtain to contain splash in a stall shower with no doors but without sloping the pooling water may still escape.
Measure vertically at both sides.
Most shower doors are 79 inches high.
32 inches width x 48 inches length x 72 84 inches height square walk in shower.
Shower heads are located at a standard height of 80 203 cm but can be set at a minimum height of 72 183 cm if desired.
For custom walk in showers designers will.
Inside the shower the height from the drain to the top of the wall needs to be at least 70 inches.
There are correlations between widths and heights and glass type sometimes because of weight and sometimes because of what is most common or most generally acceptable by builders and pan tub shower manufacturers.
The average height of a shower door is about 72 inches although the maximum height will depend on the width and weight of the product.