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TMJ:
I am hoping someone out there can help me. Is there a forum, like this for furnaces? We may have to replace ours very soon. I tried searching and came up empty. I would like to be somewhat informed before I make the purchase. Thanks so much, in advance....

stuart:
Try these....

http://www.hvacmechanic.com/forums/forums.htm

http://hvac.com/eflp.php?pid=34926&D=79054&C=27918&domain=hvac.com&V=9076&K=hvac&K2=

Brewman:
From what I've heard, the brand of furnace or air conditioner isn't as important as the quality of the installation.  This is from hanging around some home repair newsgroup.  There is also an HVAC newsgroup, but it's unmoderated and there is very little useful information to be found there.  I think the home repair usenet group is alt.home.repair, or something like that.  
In our first house we had a Trane furnace and it ran without needing repair for the 10 years we lived in that house.  In our current home, we have a 6 year old Payne (owned by Carrier) brand and have also had no troubles.  

Vinny:
I went to www.hvac-talk.com.

Be prepared to get the same type of advice you get here - conflicting. Like some of the dealers here, each dealer talks up their own brand they sell.

And the concensus there was as Brewman said, it's in the install.

BTW, I purchased an Amana furnace and AC unit 3 years ago and it's really nice and it wasn't too expensive.

It is without a doubt the BEST unit out there, anyone who doesn't buy one is WRONG!!!  (Sorry, I couldn't resist!)  ;D ...

... I really did buy an Amana

Brookenstein:
HVAC Talk might have been where I went for advice as well.  I bought a 3 ton 14 seer American Standard AC with a variable speed furnace.  We haven't tested out the furnace yet, but the AC worked great.  My only complaint is that it is much louder than I expected.  I wasn't sure about bothering with the VS furnace since I'm in CA and winter is so mild.  But, I love it... even in the summer, it feels really good have the air recirculated automatically.

I had 8 companies come out and give me estimates.  If you are going to have Sears give you an estimate, just a word of advice... have them be your last bid.  They will give you 10% off if you buy the night they are at your house.  That makes their prices competetive with the other guys... a little higher, but they throw in a better warranty and actually get permits.  Without the 10% they were significantly higher than most of the other guys.  I very well may have gone with them had I had them out last, not second.  Oh and if you are unhappy with it after install, they will remove it and give you your money back... they won't get your old furnace back and reinstall it though  ;) I asked.

Be sure to check out BBB and see if the guys are even licensed.  I was surprised how many of the guys came out ended up having expired licenses.  

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