Need a new garage door

The time has come for the makeover to start up again. In this case mostly because our garage door is about to fall off one of its hinges. I called the "Costco" 800 number for garage doors and was met by a menu for all of their other home contractor services like counter tops etc. etc. They obviously have a list of local contractors that they send your call information to for them to call you back. I got a call back yesterday from my local contractor and someone will be at my house today between 1 and 3 PM. They are supposed to call 30 minutes before hand so I can meet them there for the discussion. We'll see how that goes. By the way, when I started to ask Sandi a question about the garage door she said "four panels" what? "four panels." Oh, I see you want the garage door to be a four panel across variety, not three, not eight, OK thanks.

I'm going to leave the garage door removal and installation to the pros, but am going to add some outlets in the garage for the opener and an outlet near the front for plugging in electrical yard tools (string and hedge trimmers etc.) I have read that the newest electrical code requires all garage outlets to be GFCI. Most GFCI outlets can be put in series so that you only have to have one of them and any downstream outlet can be protected. The problem with this approach is that if you pop the GFCI on the opener for instance, the power to a garage fridge or freezer will go out. So I am going to pay the price to buy individual GFCIs and not put them in a chain to hopefully prevent this problem.

I had planned on having this done before any salesmen or installers came, but it has been unseasonably warm and the attic would be unbearable. So I asked the lady that called if I can get away with an extension cord and she said that they would do the installation, but not sign it off until that portion was complete. I can handle that, they are willing to work with me.

While I'm talking about the garage, I need to put a new Attic access door in. The one that was in the garage ceiling when we moved in was not installed correctly to begin with and has suffered and caused damage to that portion of the garage ceiling. I'll be doing that a little later after the garage door is in.

Wish me luck!