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Furnace picks and pans.(Up front: news / trends / advice)(Brief Article)
Buying a reliable furnace has largely been a roll of the dice, but help is at hand. New data from a CONSUMER REPORTS survey of more than 36,000 homeowners show that some brands of gas furnaces, the most common type by far, may be a better bet than others. Gas furnaces from Goodman. for instance, were among the more repair-prone of the 12 big brands in our 2004 Annual Questionnaire.
Overall, about one-sixth of all furnaces installed in the past eight years had needed repair. We found only minor differences between new installations and replacements. Among our other survey findings:
* Nearly ...
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