Hello:

Friend is moving into a 30 year old house which is a bit shy on electrical
outlets.

The previous owner put in an electric garage door opener, but as there is no
outlet on
the ceiling of the garage for a door opener, he ran an extension cord across
the ceiling
and half way down a wall to where there is an outlet.

Ceiling and walls in garage are finished, so it would be quite a
pain to install an outlet there now.

Realize that installing a ceiling outlet, snaking the wires internally to
where they can be spliced
in is of course the best way to do it. Will probably end up doing it that
way, I guess.

But would like to ask:

What do most folks faced with this "problem" do ?
Just this extension cord bit ?

Does this violate any electrical codes ?

Any thoughts on would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob