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                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.1


                             ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC.

               COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES




                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                           Pro Forma                  
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                                                    Year Ended December 31,               Year Ended  
                                    ----------------------------------------------------  December 31,
                                      1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1996     
                                    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------   -----------  
                                                                                 
FIXED CHARGES:                                                                                        
    Interest expense ...............$   512    $   377    $   355    $ 2,615    $ 4,507     $10,676   
    Implicit interest in rent ......    334        367        500      1,052        670         746   
    Amortization of deferred                                                                          
        financing costs.............     --         --         --        138        279         591   
                                    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------     -------   
        Total Fixed Charges ........    846        744        855      3,805      5,456      12,013   
                                                                                                      
Earnings before provision for income                                                                  
        taxes ......................  8,452     10,246      9,795      3,393      8,078       9,573   
Fixed charges ......................    846        744        855      3,805      5,456      12,013   
                                    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------     -------   
        EARNINGS, AS DEFINED .......  9,298     10,990     10,650      7,198     13,534      21,586   
                                                                                                      
Ratio of earnings to fixed                                                                            
    charges ........................   11.0x      14.8x      12.5x       1.9x       2.5x        1.8x