Morning Rain and Soaks
The rain slows to a drizzle as the tide begins its slow turn. Jenny is inside treating her leg, while Kevin enters to check the water tank.
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Tank’s holding. Overflow’s clear for now.
walk to the back of the cottage, inspect the water tank overflow channel and seals around the inlet pipe
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Check the seals on the intake. The wood is weeping.
Sit on the kitchen chair, hiss through grit teeth, and slowly submerge the ankle into the basin of warm salt water.
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On it. I’ll pull the hose and reseal it with the oak shims and epoxy we’ve got left.
go to the spring intake, inspect the wooden housing and seals, note where the wood is weeping or swollen from constant flow
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Don't use too much. The shims should hold if they fit tight.
Lean back against the stone wall, watching the salt water ripple around the skin, focusing on the throbbing heat in the joint.
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I’ll test the shims dry first. No point in sealing a bad fit.
remove the intake hose, clear debris from the wooden housing, test-fit the oak shims into the mortise around the intake pipe to see if they seat tight and true without forcing
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Make sure they're flush. The pressure will find any gap in the grain.
Close my eyes and let the salt water sting the raw skin, trying to ignore the sharp pulse of the infection.
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I’ll check the faces. If they’re not flat, I’ll true them on the stone — just enough to sit flush.
lay the oak shims on the workshop bench, use the honing stone to lightly true any high spots or roughness on the faces, then re-test fit in the intake housing mortise for flush, even seating around the pipe
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If they aren't flat, the tank will just leak again once it fills.
Watch his hands from the doorway, my fingers resting on the edge of the basin as the ankle pulses in the water.
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They’ll sit flat. I’ll true them, then bed them in epoxy only where they touch the wood — no squeeze-out to trap grit.
true the oak shims on the honing stone until they lie flat and even, then wipe clean and test-fit again in the intake housing to confirm flush contact with the pipe and housing on all sides
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Just make sure it's tight. I don't have the energy to fix it twice.
Lean my head back against the cold stone, watching the rain run down the window.
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