Flooring a loft

pinnerite · 2020-10-31T18:07:26+00:00

From around the beginning of February, Mrs P and I will be moving into a bungalow that is in need of lot of work. I do not yet know how old it is but I am guessing from between mid-60s to early 70s.The loft has glass-fibre insulation and is only partialy boarded. I intend extend the boarding. I boarded my current one with bits of chipboard let over from work done years ago. Well that was 5/8" board.Now (soon) I shall need to buy new. It looks as though 18 x 600 x 2400 is the default today. The thing is I always aligned board edges along the centre of the joists. So that would require joists at 600mm.My house wasn't completed until May 1972 and its joists are at 16" (406mm) centres. The "new" bungalow may be the same age. Should I be concerned if I intend to lay them at right angles to the joists?TIA