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 September 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
                                           November 13, 2002