I'm just thinking about building a carport I don't want a centre post so the timer needs to be 7m wide would two timbers bolted together work or will I need an aluminum or steel lintel. Cheers Richard

The new building regs were drafted about 1985(?). The person drafting them tried to write 'you may not have a toilet pan in your kitchen' - . However the way he wrote it was unclear. The building regs are a statutory document, but they come with an interpretation that is not a statutory document. The interpretation interpreted the regs as saying 'you may not have a toilet in a room that opens off your kitchen. Ridiculous that the regs require interpreting by the same body that wrote them, but... Therefore in houses/extensions/alterations of this period, you will find an additional artificial lobby area built between the two. About 1995-2000, there was a new interpretation of the existing regs. The new interpretation states clearly that the regs had previously been misinterpreted, and that all that they prohibit is a toilet pan in the kitchen. Now, if you have a house in multiple occupation in Westminster, suddenly you fall under environmental health, not building control. EH in Westminster (I cannot comment on other parts of the country) have their own delightful regulations that ban you from having a toilet in a room off the kitchen... so you have to have a lobby again. To cut a long story short, I suggest you check with your local planning office.

There are a few "small bath" suppliers out there that do you thereabouts 1200mm x 700mm tubs. Many of these are "sit baths", a few others Japanese-style soaking tubs. Using that format would allow you to place the bath "across" the side where the window is, and the toilet next to the sink. A few houzz links that show something like that: https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/ensuite-cannonmills-edinburgh-contemporary-bathroom-edinburgh-phvw-vp~153870589 https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/the-vicarage-modern-dorset-phvw-vp~31481857 https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/bath-box-terrace-contemporary-bathroom-sydney-phvw-vp~143625363 https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/aquatica-true-ofuro-freestanding-stone-japanese-soaking-bathtub-asian-bathroom-miami-phvw-vp~125288588 A common UK supplier for this kind of bath is Omnitub. For sit baths, can't find good houzz links; two manufacturers come to my mind: https://www.carronbathrooms.com/public/bath-range/urban-range/urban-sitbath/ https://www.my-bette.com/en/product/baths/labette Hope this gives you some ideas !

I have never known an integrated oven to be 900mm wide. They are 600mm hence the microwave being that size. Are you sure?