York vs. Luxaire vs. Keeprite vs. ??? Furnace

 I'm in the process of getting a new furnace installed and so far the
three brands that have been recommended to me have been York, Luxaire,
and Keeprite.  I've been told that York and Luxaire are virtually the
same thing since Luxaire is made by York, but Luxaire is supposed to
cost less.  If anyone could provide me with some feedback about these
brands that would be great ... are they good, bad, expensive to repair,
etc.  Or if there's other brands that you'd recommend let me know too.

Btw, I'm located in Ontario, Canada in case that's relevant.  Also I'm
most likely going to go with a standard 80% furnance since the repair
costs for higher efficiency furnances don't seem to make them worth it.

Thanks,
Harry

 

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I'd be checking around some more.  I have a york that is about nine
years old; equipment never gave me a lick  of trouble.  Unfortunately,
the yahoos who installed it never would come back out and charge the
ac properly.  I finally got another company out and they did the job
right.  You need to forget about brand and find a decent contractor;
they will install whatever they are most comfortable with.

 FWIW, I put in a 92% Trane 3 yrs ago and have had no
problems.  At that time, I tried to research furnace reliability,
but it is tough because it takes a while for problems to surface.

For example, Lennox had a big problem for a while with
cracking heat exchangers.  I presume that they have that
fixed.  Anyway, 3 years ago, I convinced myself that Carrier
and Trane were the best and roughly equivalent, and that
Lennox, York, Rheem, and Ruud were at least one cut below.

In Ontario, I have to believe that a 92% furnace is worth it,
even if the maintenance is higher.  What's your annual
heating bill?  10% of that must be a fair chunk of change.

However you go, get a 2 speed furnace (i.e. with a 2 stage
burner, and variable speed fan).  The lower speed is very quiet.

Bill