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Heated Floors in New Orleans
We install and repair heated floors in New Orleans homes, with electric mats or cables set under tile, stone or vinyl in bathrooms and kitchens. We also handle heated floor installation in Mandeville and across the Northshore.
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Are heated floors worth it in New Orleans, and what do they cost?
Think of a heated floor as a comfort upgrade for cold tile, not a replacement for your HVAC. This page covers where floor heat makes sense, how raised homes and slabs change the install, how the electrical side works and what to check when a heated floor stops warming.
The answer depends on the room and the floor you stand on most barefoot.
Where they make sense
Tile bathrooms, kitchens and rooms on a slab, where the floor feels coldest. Nuheat's install guide lists tile, stone, laminate, engineered wood and luxury vinyl as the surfaces its mats bring heat to.
The limits
Nuheat's guide says the combined R-value of all floor coverings over the mat must not exceed R-2.5, so a thick rug and pad can block the heat. The mats themselves are 1/8 inch thick, which keeps the added floor height small.
What changes the price
Room size, the electrical work needed to bring a dedicated circuit to the room, the floor going over the mat, and whether it's part of a remodel or a retrofit into an existing room. We give you a free estimate after a site visit.
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Heated floors in raised homes and slab homes
What's under the floor decides where the heat goes, so we check it first.
Raised homes over a crawl space
Raised center hall cottages typically sit on piers 5 feet or more above grade, according to the city's Historic District Landmarks Commission, and the crawl space under a wood subfloor should be well ventilated. That means moving air under the floor, so insulation below the subfloor is part of the plan.
Slab homes
Nuheat's guide says insulating a concrete slab before the mat goes down improves heat transfer up into the floor and shortens warm-up time.
The floor on top
For tile or stone over the mat, see our tile installation page. For vinyl, laminate or engineered wood, follow the flooring maker's own heat limits as well as the mat maker's.
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How it works
How a heated floor installation runs
The specifics below come from Nuheat's mat install guide. Other systems follow their own manuals.
- 01
Subfloor prep
The base is cleaned and flattened before the mat goes down. Our subfloor preparation page covers that step.
- 02
A dedicated circuit
The guide says the mat connects to a dedicated electrical circuit, wired in line with Article 424 of the National Electrical Code. Check with your parish or city about permits.
- 03
A Class A GFCI
The guide makes a Class A GFCI or GFCI breaker mandatory on every installation.
- 04
Testing at every stage
The mat is tested before, during and after installation, which Nuheat requires to validate its warranty.
- 05
Thermostat and floor finish
The thermostat and floor sensor are connected, then the tile or other floor goes on top.
Heated floor repair
When a heated floor stops warming, the fault may be at the thermostat or under the tile. We work from the simple checks inward.
- Thermostat and GFCI A tripped GFCI or a thermostat setting is the first thing to rule out.
- Floor sensor The floor sensor gets checked next.
- Resistance testing Testing the mat's resistance shows whether the heating wire itself is damaged.
- When tile has to come up If the wire is damaged, the tile over the fault comes up for the repair, then gets reset.
Where we install heated floors and how to get a free estimate
We install and repair heated floors across New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, Mandeville, Covington and Slidell. See all our service areas.
For a free estimate, tell us the room, the floor you plan to put down and whether the house is raised or on a slab. For a repair, tell us what the floor is doing and whether the GFCI has tripped.
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