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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.6
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our
reports on the financial statements and supplemental schedule titled "Schedule
II - Analysis of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts of Binnings Building 
Products, Inc. dated March 21, 1997 (except with respect to the matters 
discussed in Note 10 as to which the date is December 10, 1997), and 
to all references to our Firm, included in or made part of the American
Architectural Products Corporation Form S-1 Registration Statement filed August
7, 1998.
 
                                        ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
Greensboro, North Carolina,
August 7, 1998.