Gotta love it.

Up until the recent hot water debacle the pilot light for the hot water service had never gone out in the 10 months I've been living here.

During the aforementioned debacle it was discovered that the flint/lighter whatever youw ant to call it, was wearing out and hence lighting the pilot was a right royal pain in the behind. Not to mention that because the unit itself is French, the only spare part carried tends to be the diaphragm (which is what i had replaced). Imagine ym joy this morning when running water in the sink I disocver the pilot has gone out. Getting it relit the first time wasn't the issue. But it went out again 2 minutes later. And I couldn't relight it for love 'nor money (stupid inanimate objects that aren't open to bribery...) Also, due to what I term a flaw in the design, the only way to light it with matches or lighter etc is by removing the cover. As discovered during the debacle, doing this requires dismantling a kitchen cupboard.
I really think it's mroe worth my while to ry and find the part from somewhere if I can.

I finally got the fucker relit but I'm not holding out hopes of it staying that way.
Would lvoe to know why it chooses now to go out too. Curses.

Given I have some sort of fluey virus, being without hot water (again) is not an option I find at all palatable.