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personally i prefer tight joints, they look alot neater. if you are using bricks with a good clean edge you can get away with a wider joint-say 12mm,if not stick to 10mm

You will need the multi purpose adhesive as normal dry wall wont work.I'd recommend the one by british gypsum As for pva,i would recommend just one coat,when i have been reskimming before, too much pva doesnt let the plaster stick,im thinking the same will happen with the dry wall adhesive...

if the are thermalite,the why not just cut some new holes entirely and fill in th old ones?

If you are building a single block garage with a 10ft opening,then i suggest you build piers at the sides of the opening,i.e making it 215mm wide instead of 100mm,this will give the edges strength,the easiest way to do it would be to lay the blocks flat on edge,wnd tie them into the wall. As...

as someone else said,check that the chimney is still able to breath through a vented cap. if the stack has been taken down say to roof level, then put another air brick in near the top, this well help to circulate air through the stack and hopefully alleviate the problem

To be honest I'd put them on top, the whole idea of the cellotex is to keep the heat in,putting them underneath will only force the heat to travel down. If you are using plastic pipe for the rads, then i'd recommend using pipe clips thast will keep it in place,they have a jagged edge which will...