EXHIBIT 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Huttig Building Products,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Thomas S. McHugh, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

            1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
               or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

            2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
               material respects, the financial condition and results of
               operations of the Company.


                                              /s/ THOMAS S. MCHUGH
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                                              Thomas S. McHugh
                                              Chief Financial Officer
                                              August 14, 2002