Facade

Nogging

It is a horizontal bracing piece used between wall studs or floor joists to give rigidity to the wall or floor frames of a building. Noggings may be made of timber, steel, or aluminium. If made of timber they are cut slightly longer than the space they fit into, and are driven into place so they fit tightly or are rabbeted into the wall stud.
A nogging (or occasionally noggin) is a strut used to give rigidity to a framework, typically fixed between joists or studs to their increase strength and stiffness.

Noggings are commonly used to brace floors or to stiffen timber stud frames. They are often made from timber, but may also be made from metal and other materials. Noggings between vertical studs generally brace the studs against buckling under load; Noggings on floor joists prevent the joists from twisting or rotating under load (lateral-torsional buckling), and are often fixed at intervals, in pairs diagonally for that reason. I

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