FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Flint, John E.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Gibraltar Steel Corporation - Rock						6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)       o Director              o 10% Owner       x Officer                o Other (specify below)           (give title below)                        Vice President & CFO
(Last)                    (First)                   (Middle) 3556 Lake Shore Road	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)      ###-##-####			4. Statement for Month/Day/Year April 22, 2003
(Street) Buffalo, New York    14219				5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)			7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)        x Form filed by One Reporting Person      o Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)                      (State)                    (Zip)	Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date  (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common stock								2,000	D
Common stock	(1)		B		2.07	A	(1)	947.67	I	(2)

FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any, (Month/ Day/Year)

4. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securites Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Trans- action(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Owner- ship Form of Derivative Securities: Direct(D) or Indirect(I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Excer- cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (right to buy)(3)

$11.00

J

09/21/94

09/20/03

Common stock

5,000

D

Option (right to buy)(3)

$10.00

J

10/31/95

10/31/04

Common stock

2,500

D

Option (right to buy)(3)

$11.00

J

11/06/96

11/05/05

Common stock

2,500

D

Option (right to buy)(3)

$16.75

J

07/08/97

07/07/06

Common stock

5,000

D

Option (right to buy)(3)

$21.75

J

07/08/98

07/08/07

Common stock

2,500

D

Option (right to buy)(3)

$15.63

J

10/08/99

10/07/08

Common stock

2,500

D

Option (right to buy)(3)

$14.07

J

07/18/01

07/18/10

Common stock

2,500

D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)Represents the net effect of shares purchased and sold from January 1, 2003 through March 31, 2003 pursuant to the Gibraltar Steel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan at an average price of $18.27 per share. The information reported herein is based on a Plan Statement dated April 10, 2003.

(2)Gibraltar Steel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan.

(3)Grant to reporting person of option to purchase shares of common stock under the Gibraltar Steel Corporation Incentive Stock Option Plan. The options are exercisable at the rate of 25% per year.
 

/s/John E. Flint	April 22, 2003
** Signature of Reporting Person	Date

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