So the shower walls are 60" apart? The bench is actually opposite the curb? What is the actual floor dimension? Which way do the joists run? If they run parallel with the curb, that could be a limiting factor.

@catbuilder Yes, the bench and curb are opposite on the 64" wall. With the bench, the shower floor would be 64x45 (unless we end up making it 12" deep instead of 15"). The joists run perpendicular to the curb. For appearance issues, I may end up putting a shorter bench on the 24" wide pony wall. We don't need a bench that big (just matching length of niche that would be above it) and if it's hidden behind the pony wall, it wouldn't be so obvious that the drain is not centered. I'm just trying to think of any other issues it might cause. Here is a pic that shows the layout. Thanks!

It will be easier to build with the drain centered in the entire shower floor, as built.

@ramona1976 You mean the shower pan will be easier to build with the drain centered? I'm planning on calling our tile guy next week to discuss. I'm leaning toward making the bench 12" deep instead of 15. I would think it shouldn't be much more difficult to build a 64x48 pan?

"You mean the shower pan will be easier to build with the drain centered?"

Depends upon the size of the floor tile. Small tile will look fine; large format tile not so much. For those I'd use a linear drain.

Please don't build the box-on-the-wall cliched bench that you can't get your feet under. I'd detail some 1" square tube stainless steel stanchions capped and bolted to the wall studs. Have your tile person waterproof and tile around them, then let your stone or solid surface fabricator install a bench on the stanchions with a nice cleanable gap between the wall and the back of the bench.

With where the sowerhead is it probably wont matter where it’s placed, but I’d want it where I’m least likely to be standing on it.

@Joseph Corlett, LLC We are doing 2x2 tiles (maybe on a 45) for the shower floor. We kicked around the linear drain, but decided against it. I've been looking at pics of shower benches for the past hour and saw the floating benches and thought they might be a solution. Better bench makes a bench that adjusts up to 63". So I may look into that one or see what my guys can come up with to build similar. I like that look much better. Thanks!

@olychick I definitely checked out that measurement and we are good there! Hate standing on a drain.

Getting on your hands and knees to clean crud from under a bench seat is a horrible maintenance task, no matter how ”cliched” a floor mounted bench may be.

@kudzu9 I literally have gone back and forth about a bench for over a year now. We made the shower big enough to accommodate one. We obviously don't need a bench or niche that is 64" (niche will be above bench), but I want the niche to go on that wall and just figured the bench should go there too and match size of niche. I really only need a bench to shave my legs and to sit for a moment to clean/file my feet. Hubby doesn't really want a teak bench. He doesn't want a bench at all, but wants a built in one if we do one. Maybe I'll just put the bench on the 24" wide pony wall and leave the niche on opposite wall. I will be so happy when this project is done. About to lose my mind lol!

@User I thought about that, but I am pretty anal about cleaning. I spray our shower down after every show now, so I imagine I will just spray under the bench too.