Protective sheath for water-eroded wood piling

In a protective sheath for attachment to an upstanding wood piling in place in a body of water and having a water-eroded area in the vicinity of the water line, said protective sheath comprising a preformed, longitudinally split casing of water-resistant plastic material having a length greater than the height of the eroded area of the piling for circumferentially enclosing the latter, said casing having overlapping opposite circumferential end segments disconnected from each other along the entire length of the casing and arranged with one circumferentially overlapping the other on the outside, said end segments of the casing being sufficiently flexible to be spread apart to enable the casing to be expanded radially and applied around the piling and being sufficiently resilient to spring back into said overlapping relationship after the casing has been applied around the piling, and means for clamping said casing directly to the piling above and below the eroded area,

• the improvement wherein said casing has a preformed integral, outwardly offset spout at its upper end spaced circumferentially from said overlapping end segments and providing at the top of the casing a pour opening for concrete or the like, said spout extending down along the casing a distance sufficient to reach the eroded area of the piling to which the casing is applied.