I put my slide bar to the right of my centered rainshower. It is close to the opening of my shower...I put it on that side so I could reach the handheld from outside the shower for cleaning. So far this set up has worked great. I have a 3 way divertor so I can switch between the two showers or use both at one time. I absolutely love the set up

Thank you so much! That's exactly the input I was looking for. Do you use your handshower as a showerhead while it's on the bar? If so, does it work well from that position as a shower?

I wonder why you'd need both a hand shower and regular fixed showerhead. We have an overhead rain shower, plus a handheld that is mounted on the wall showerhead height. I am not a rain shower person (my husband is) so I use the handshower every day just as I would a regular shower head, with the advantage that I can pick it up as a handheld when needed. I can understand having 2 showerheads with a rainshower added, since the spray is totally different, but to me, a handheld and a regular showerhead together seem redundant and add clutter in a relatively small space.

Treasure, Thank you for the input, your bathroom is a favorite of mine!

Sas, I was not as clear in my description as I should have been. Our set up is a rain shower, just coming out of the wall up high instead of the ceiling. I have included a pic of our faucet. My husband likes the rain can and I prefer the force of the handshower. One of my concerns is that we are using a shower curtain instead of glass doors, I feel that having it over toward the entrance and angled toward the back when showering may be better when using a curtain, but maybe there is something I'm not thinking about that I should know about this set-up.

I love my rainshower which comes out on a 17" arm..my husband prefers to use the hand shower. They both work fine for us in this location. I also reinforced behind the shower bar so it can bee used as a grab bar. We don't have a huge shower, had to make the most of our space ..I like the handheld near the door, I can reach easily to clean..we absolutely love our new shower

Thanks Marley! Your situation is much likes ours will be. That is a great point I hadn't considered about accessing the hand held from outside for cleaning. And, I will do the same and reinforce the slidebar to act as a grab bar. Great tips!