Hi,

ATM I'm replacing the floor in the kitchen of my c1900 house.

I've (painfully) persuaded the mainly original T&G boards up, carefully
since I want to reuse them in other rooms. This leaves me with the 2x4
and 3x4 joists exposed.

I've cut 18mm WBP to match the decidedly non-square room, so I now need to
add noggins (I'm using 2x3 for this) at the points where the boards will
join. I'm trying to fix the noggins in place with a 2 1/2 inch oval nail
through the top face, and then one at each side face.

The problem I'm having is that I don't know how to keep the noggins in
position whilst nailing. I'm putting the nails into the noggin on the
bench until they are just breaking through and then putting them in
place, but they always end up a few mm out of the intended position. I
don't suppose this is too bad horizontally, but surely in the vertical
they need to end up level with the top of the joist ?

Is there some secret to this, or am I just being thick ? (Or possibly
both)

Cheers,

Phil Young