Installing two noggins into the same stud

[ag90]

Hello

I'm looking to install a noggin either side of an existing stud. The noggins need to be level as it's to support a floating shelf.

How should I go about attaching them to the middle joist?

Can I do a straight screw for one of them and then angled for the other? Would one screw per noggin suffice?

It's a 38mm X 63mm stud.

Thanks

 

[Wayners]

Red is blocks of wood x 8.
Wood glue and screw through to side studs.
Then to secure nogging one screw going down the through lower block of wood only.

You will want noggins top and bottom so all sides of plasterboard are secure

 

[ag90]

@Wayners thanks, would one screw into a sister stud make the noggin sturdy enough to fix a floating shelf to it?

It won't be carrying excessive weight, but it feels like this solution would take less load than if it were attached to the stud directly via two screws?

 

[Wayners]

Yeah. Be fine.
Just add some wood glue to the noggin ends and it will be solid no matter how you screw straight or on an angle.

I'm always belting and braces but that's just me