I'd be much more concerned with the quality of their installers than what
equipment they were installing. Ask them if they subcontract installations,
or if all work is done "in house". I don't have any problems with subs, but
with many large utilities, they're required to use the lowest bidder for
things like this ... and the lowest bidder for HVAC installs is NOT the one
you want to take!! Ask them to see photos of jobs, talk with some people,
see if you can find someone who had them install a system, go look at it ...
etc etc

I'd suspect the reason they only install Comfort Aire is that they have some
sort of deal worked out with Heat Controller ... again, not something I'd be
crazy about, as I'd rather my HVAC contractor be more concerned with the
quality of the unit they're recommending rather than what type of incentives
they can milk out of the supplier ...

However, if you were to have the SAME contractor give you the choice between
Trane/American Standard and Comfort Aire ... then go with the Trane/American
Standard.

"Robert11" wrote in message
...
Hello:

Have been doing a lot of research on gas, forced hot air furnaces, as I
have to replace the existing one in a 30 year old 3 bedroom tri-level
(split) outside of Boston.

Have, with the great help of so many folks on this group, pretty much
settled on either Trane or American Standard. Thanks again all, for such
excellent information, and educating me on all of this; really appreciate
everyone's time.

But, saw on the gas supplier's website (Bay State Gas) that they also do
installations.

So I called them, and yes, they have their own certified technicians, and
own warranty, and it all
sounds pretty good.

But the only brand furnace they install is from some outfit called Heat
Controller who has
models called Comfort Aire.

Found their web site, but doesn't really say too much.

Never, ever, heard of them.

Who are they ?

"Quality" product ?

Worth considering ? Why ?

Any thoughts on would be most appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob