S L Stewart

Samuel Stewart installed a gate operator on the driveway gate at my home in a manner that was contrary to the manufacturer's instructions, resulting in $743.65 in damage to the gate. The gate operator manufacturer instructions require that the gate operator be attached to a horizontal bar that is welded to the entire width of the gate so that no one part of the gate is stressed by the gate operator's opening and closing of the gate. The instructions specifically warn that, if the gate operator is attached to just a few gate pickets, those pickets will bend and break. Despite those clear instructions and warnings, that is exactly how Mr. Stewart installed the gate operator. As the manufacturer instructions predicted, the gate pickets to which he attached the gate operator bent over time and finally broke, preventing the gate operator from working properly. I asked Mr. Stewart to repair the damage and properly install the gate operator, but he refused to do so. As a result, I had to pay another contractor to repair the damage to the gate caused by Mr. Stewart's improper installation of the gate operator, and to then install the gate operator as it should have been installed by Mr. Stewart in the first place.