EXHIBIT 23.1



                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

To Ply Gem Industries, Inc.

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our reports dated March 26, 2004, with respect to the combined financial
statements and schedule of Ply Gem Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries and CWD
Windows and Doors, a division of Broan-Nutone Canada Inc. included in Amendment
1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and related Prospectus of Ply Gem
Industries, Inc. for the registration of $225,000,000 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2012.



                                                  /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
May 17, 2004