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                                                                  Exhibit 23.2

             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


American Architectural Products Corporation
Boardman, Ohio


We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of this
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of our report dated February 26,
1998 relating to the consolidated financial statements of American Architectural
Products Corporation, our report dated April 28, 1997 relating to the combined
financial statements of Mallyclad Corporation and Vyn-L Corporation, our report
dated October 20, 1997 relating to the combined financial statements of Danvid
Company, Inc. and Danvid Window Company, and our report dated May 21, 1998
relating to the financial statements of Weather-Seal (a division of
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation), which are contained in that Prospectus, and of
our report dated February 26, 1998 relating to the financial statement schedules
of American Architectural Products Corporation, our report dated October 20,
1997 relating to the financial statement schedules of Danvid Company, Inc. and
Danvid Window Company, and our report dated May 21, 1998 relating to the
financial statement schedules of Weather-Seal (a division of Louisiana-Pacific
Corporation), which are contained in Part II of Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement.

We also consent to the reference to us under the captions "Experts" and
"Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure" in the Prospectus.




                                                       BDO SEIDMAN, LLP

Troy, Michigan
August 7, 1998