SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON,  D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT



                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 15, 1998


                         RELIANT BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



           Delaware                    333-30699                    75-1364873
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission  File Number)         IRS Employer
      of  Incorporation)                                   Identification No.)



3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 400,  Dallas,  Texas                             75234
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip  Code)


                                 (972) 919-1000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Item  5.    Other  Events.

Reliant  Building  Products,  Inc. (the "Company") announced on October 15, 1998
the  resignation  of  David  G.  Fiore,  the  Company's  Chairman  of the Board,
President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer,  effective  immediately,  and  the
appointment  of  Fred  S.  Grunewald  as  the  Company's  Chairman of the Board,
President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer.

Mr.  Grunewald  has  extensive  experience  in manufacturing and distribution as
President  and  CEO  of  Overhead  Door  Corp.,  a  $600 million Company, and as
President  of  Rubbermaid's  $1  billion Home Products Division.  He also held a
senior  management  position  with  Black  &  Decker  where  he led a profitable
turnaround  at  the  Household Products Division.  Mr Grunewald began his career
with  General Electric Company assuming responsibilities in sales, marketing and
product  management.



                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by  the  undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.


                                              RELIANT  BUILDING  PRODUCTS,  INC.

Date:  October  19,  1998                     By:  /s/ Virgil D. Lowe
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Virgil  D.  Lowe,
                                                   Vice  President