Associated Materials 10-K 2005 FY Annual report

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

WHEREAS, Associated Materials Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005; and

WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Director of the Company;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints D. Keith LaVanway as attorney for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, and in the capacity of the undersigned as a Director of the Company, to execute and file such Form 10-K and any amendments or supplements thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorney, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 28^th day of February, 2006.

By:	/s/ Kevin M. Hayes
	Kevin M. Hayes
	Director
By:	/s/ Ira D. Kleinman
	Ira D. Kleinman
	Director
By:	/s/ Thomas Sullivan
	Thomas Sullivan
	Director
By:	/s/ Dana R. Snyder
	Dana R. Snyder
	Director
By:	/s/ Christopher J. Stadler
	Christopher J. Stadler
	Director
By:	/s/ Dennis W. Vollmershausen
	Dennis W. Vollmershausen
	Director

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