EXHIBIT 3.6
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                                   G0077-1225


                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
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                                 TO ARTICLES OF

                              GLW ACQUISITION CORP.
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                  Jeffrey S. Silverman, President, and Herbert Dooskin,
Secretary, of GLW ACQUISITION CORP., an Ohio corporation, do hereby certify that
a meeting of the holders of the shares of said corporation entitling them to
vote on the proposal to amend the articles of incorporation thereof, as
contained in the following resolution, was duly called and held on the 17th day
of December, 1986, at which meeting a quorum of such shareholders was present in
person or by proxy, and that by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares
entitling them to exercise one hundred percent (100%) of the voting power of the
corporation on such proposal, the following resolutions were adopted to amend
the articles:

                  RESOLVED, that the Articles of Incorporation be amended to
                  change the name of this Corporation to Great Lakes Window,
                  Inc.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Jeffrey Silverman, President, and
Herbert Dooskin, Secretary of GLW ACQUISITION CORP., acting for and on behalf of
said corporation, have hereunto subscribed their names and caused the seal of
this corporation to be hereunto affixed this 22nd day of December, 1986.


                                    By: /s/ Jeffrey S. Silverman
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                                                   President


                                    By: /s/ Herbert Dooskin
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                                                   Secretary


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                                     CONSENT
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                  Pursuant to the joint unanimous written action of the Board of
Directors and Shareholders of Great Lakes Window Corp., an Ohio corporation,
taken on November 25, 1986, Great Lakes Window Corp. hereby consents to the use
of the name "Great Lakes Window, Inc." by GLW Acquisition Corp., an Ohio
corporation. Certified this 22nd day of December, 1986. GREAT LAKES WINDOW CORP.


                                    By: /s/ Ralph Delman
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                                        Ralph Delman, President


                                    By: /s/ David A. Katz
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                                        David A. Katz, Secretary