FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact: Angie Tickle

                         Investor Relations Associate

                                      770-395-4520

Georgia Gulf Expects Third Quarter EPS to be In the Range of $.85 to $.90 Per Diluted Share

ATLANTA, September 23, 2004 – Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE: GGC) announced today that it expects third quarter earnings to be in the range of $.85 to $.90 per diluted share. The company has increased its estimate primarily as a result of a greater-than-expected improvement in the aromatics business.

Georgia Gulf will release a pre-recorded update call on Friday, September 24, 2004, at 9 AM EDT. To access the initial broadcast of the call, please dial 888-552-7928 (domestic) or 706-679-3718 (international). To access the call via Webcast, log on to http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=112207&s=wm&e=942244. Playbacks will be available from 9:30 AM EDT Friday, September 24, to midnight EDT Friday, October 1. Playback numbers are 800-642-1687 (domestic) or 706-645-9291 (international). The conference call ID number is 149503.

Georgia Gulf, headquartered in Atlanta, is a major manufacturer and marketer of two integrated product lines, chlorovinyls and aromatics. Georgia Gulf’s chlorovinyl products include chlorine, caustic soda, vinyl chloride monomer and vinyl resins and compounds. Georgia Gulf’s primary aromatic products include cumene, phenol and acetone.

This news release contains forward-looking statements subject to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s assumptions regarding business conditions, and actual results may be materially different. Risks and uncertainties inherent in these assumptions include, but are not limited to, future global economic conditions, economic conditions in the industries to which the company sells, industry production capacity, raw material costs and other factors discussed in the Securities and Exchange Commission filings of Georgia Gulf Corporation, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, and our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

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