Did you have to move out while hallway being tiled?

[Friedbanana]

Sorry if this is a silly question, we’ve never had any proper work done so a bit clueless. But just wondering if this is the case? As I guess you can’t walk on it?! We have a big dog who roams freely and sheds hair ridiculously which I imagine isn’t the best for grout.. the hallway is a fairly large victorian terrace shape, around 8m2 and we’re having quarry tiles with a border done so I imagine it not being the quickest job but yet to get quotes/idea of timescale.

We had our wooden hall refinished and had to move out as we couldn’t get upstairs to bed.

Depends on how quick the grout will dry. Talk to the Tiler's they may be able to do it in strips so you still have a walk around area. Dog will have to be kept to one area Tho.

We had our hallway tiled a few months ago (small Victorian patterned tiles).
The tiler laid boards over it so we could access the loo and kitchen while he was working and get through the house when he left. It took about two weeks.

So as not to disturb him much, I made the kids lunchboxes of snacks and drinks each day and kept them and the dog in the living room.
I went round the outside of the house to get to the kitchen by the back door.
It wasn't easy, and I'll admit to having to pee in a bucket in my office a few times!

Depends on your house layout, there is going to be at least one night you can’t walk on it, possibly longer. None of us know you so can’t determine if you can sleep downstairs or manage your dog, access the loo and kitchen etc.

We had concrete laid in our hallway (it's about 9m long) and it's the only way to get in/out of the house. It needed 2 days to dry enough to be walkable. The builders (friends) set up a series of planks which we used and we just shut the cats away from it. Would've been easier to move out, but wasn't too bad.

When we had our only bathroom tiles we were out at work during the day and it was dry enough to use when we got home.

You don't need to move out as long as you have a downstairs toilet and can close the dog out in the hall for a few days.
Just ask the tiler to do the grouting in stages instead of laying all the tiles first or to lay planks down for you to access the stairs.
Depending on how large your hall is it should only take 2-3 days.
If it suited you could time it to go away for a few days I suppose.

We were able to go out of the back door, round to the front door and make a leap to the stairs
I’m sure the tilers could put boards down for you to cross. Depends on the size of the floor. They cut the tiles and lay them out dry first, then put the cement down to fix the tiles. It’s quite quick to harden, a couple of hours I seem to remember. Then the next day the grout went down and we did ‘ don’t tread on the lines’.

Thanks everyone, lots of considerations! No downstairs loo and it’s a long hallway which is the only way to get between kitchen/dining/living then upstairs, also outside so might be best to go away for a couple days! Thanks for everyone’s input :)