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 Annual Report of Encore Wire Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the annual period ended December 31, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Frank J. Bilban, Vice President - Finance of the Company, hereby certify
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 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, as
                  amended; and

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




                                   ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION


Date: March 21, 2003           By: /s/ FRANK J. BILBAN
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                                   Frank J. Bilban
                                   Vice President - Finance
                                   (principal financial and accounting officer)