Bowman Electric Shain Bowman Inexperienced and incapable Frenchtown Montana

Shain ruined our house so extensively I don’t even know where to start. We had him wire a new build home for us, so there is only one person who can be responsible for all of the many issues we are having. First, we had to reopen walls and roofing in areas that were supposedly wired but later caused problems after the drywall and roof were finished. We are having several breakers tripping repeatedly—when nothing is even plugged in, and on lines not associated with appliances. We are also having multiple GFCI breakers tripping repeatedly, again even when nothing is plugged in. Our dishwasher and garbage disposal were wired in such a way that anytime we hit the disposal button it trips the dishwasher. Our fire alarms were wired incorrectly somewhere along the way and go off randomly in the middle of the night (which is why I’m writing this at 5:00 AM). I could go through a long list of all the things Shain did wrong, but I’ll leave it at that: these are the issues we’re dealing with in a brand new home after working with this guy.

We paid him over $30K and our house is totally messed up. We actually parted ways before he fully finished the job—it was technically “finished,” but we were still having ongoing issues, which were under his warranty. He waived the last approx. $1,200 in agreement to part ways, but that’s pennies compared to what we had already paid him. Now we’re having to pay other electricians thousands of dollars to try to fix what he screwed up. On top of that, he got to the point where he was so frustrated he was regularly yelling at us on the job site. A big reason we ask ed to part ways was because we felt unsafe continuing to have him in our home. The other part was that we let him troubleshoot for about six months, and the issues were never resolved.

I tried to hold out on writing a review, because I do understand how crushing bad reviews can be for small businesses. But after being jolted awake yet again in the middle of the night by a badly wired fire alarm, I just couldn’t keep quiet anymore. Maybe he is fine for fixing small issues, but I would NEVER recommend him for a big project.