Exhibit 12.1

PLY GEM HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

	Fiscal Year Ended December 31,														Three Months Ended
	2013			2012			2011			2010		2009			March 29, 2014			March 30, 2013
															(unaudited)
Earnings:
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	$	(79,520	)	$	(39,055	)	$	(84,507	)	$	27,667	$	(76,752	)	$	(51,578	)	$	(28,107	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		298			2,835			683			5,027		(17,966	)		(12,470	)		3,849
Earnings (loss)		(79,222	)		(36,220	)		(83,824	)		32,694		(94,718	)		(64,048	)		(24,258	)
Fixed charges:
Interest expense including amortization of debt expense and discount (premium)		92,046			103,133			101,488			122,992		135,514			18,518			23,668
Interest portion of rental expense		10,699			8,666			8,199			7,380		7,830			2,942			2,675
Fixed charges		102,745			111,799			109,687			130,372		143,344			21,460			36,258
Earnings available for fixed charges	$	23,523		$	75,579		$	25,863		$	163,066	$	48,626		$	(42,588	)	$	12,000
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (1)		—			—			—			1.3x		—			—			—

(1) For the years ended December 31, 2013 2012, 2011, and 2009, the deficiency in the ratio of earnings to fixed charges to achieve a one to one ratio was $79.2 million, $36.2 million, $83.8 million, and $94.7 million, respectively, which resulted from the depressed residential U.S. housing market. For the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013, the deficiency in the ratio of earnings to fixed charges to achieve a one to one ratio was $64.0 million and $24.3 million, respectively, which resulted from the severe winter conditions.