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

 

[ag90]

Hey @Wayners thanks for all your help. I've built out the frame/noggins but have run into a small issue and would appreciate your thoughts.

The noggins protrude by 1 or 2mm maybe because the existing studs have shrunk over time. Existing plasterboard is 15mm but I can't seem to source that locally.

So I can either:
1. Source some 15mm plasterboard from elsewhere and shave down the points where they meet the noggins
2. Get some 12.5mm plasterboard and pack out the noggins with some stripwood

What do you think, or any other ideas?

 

[mattylad]

Plane the surface of the noggins back a few mm.
Or use a sander.