Hello,

My house has a masonry fireplace chimney in the wall between the kitchen and the living room. The kitchen side of the wall ("behind" the fireplace) has no electrical outlet. I'd like to add one.

However, I have been unable to determine whether it is permitted by code to have an outlet in the same wall as the fireplace chimney. It seems odd that no outlet was put there originally, making me question whether it even is allowable.

Thanks