HENNING KORNBREKKE
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Gerald S. Lippes, Michael E. Storck and Paul J. Schulz, each
acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with
  full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

       (1)  prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Gibraltar
Steel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and
  the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

       (2)  seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by
  this Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

       (3)  perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
  in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

       (1)  this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

       (2)  any documents prepared and/or executed by either such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
  will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

       (3)  neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i)
  any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act; and

       (4)  this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
  full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of,
  for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
  virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such
attorney-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this ____ day of December, 2005.


___________________________________
Henning Kornbrekke


STATE OF NEW YORK
				SS:
COUNTY OF __________

	On the ____ day of December in the year 2005, before me, the undersigned, a
notary public in and for said state, personally appeared Henning Kornbrekke,
personally known to me or provided to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence
to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in
his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the
instrument, the individual(s) or the person upon behalf of which the
individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.


						_____________________________
						Notary Public



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