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EXHIBIT 10.69

ATRIUM CORPORATION,
as Issuer

AND

U.S. Bank National Association,
as successor Trustee



FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF May 5, 2003

TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE

DATED AS OF JUNE 29, 2001



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$39,237,500

15% SENIOR PAY-IN-KIND NOTES DUE 2010, SERIES B





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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 5, 2003 (the First Supplement),
by and between ATRIUM CORPORATION (the Company), as Issuer, and U.S. Bank,
National Association as successor to STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as
Trustee (the Trustee).

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of June 29, 2001 (the
Indenture), by and between the Company and the State Street Bank and Trust
Company as original Trustee.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture, the Company desires to
amend the Indenture to permit the repurchase of certain equity securities of
the Company from officers, directors and employees of the Company.

NOW THEREFORE:



|1. |  | Pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture, the parties hereby agree to
amend Section 10.14(b)(iii) of the Indenture by deleting the text thereof
in its entirety and substituting the following in its place:
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| | (iii) | so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing and would
result therefrom, payment (A) in amounts and at the times necessary to
permit the Company to purchase, redeem, acquire, cancel or otherwise
retire for value Capital Stock of the Company, in each case held by
officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, upon, in connection with or following death, disability,
retirement, severance or termination of employment or service or pursuant
to any agreement under which such Capital Stock was issued, (B) to enable
the Company to redeem or repurchase stock purchase or similar rights in
respect of its Capital Stock or (C) to enable the Company to make cash
payments to holders of its Capital Stock in lieu of the issuance of
fractional shares of its Capital Stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
amount of such payments pursuant to subclauses (A), (B) and (C) of this
clause (iii) after the Issue Date does not exceed $7.5. million.



|2. |  | Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed to relieve any
party to the Indenture of its obligations thereunder as in effect
immediately prior to the effectiveness of this First Supplement or the
impair any of such obligations in any way and, except to the extent the
Indenture is amended hereby, the Indenture shall remain in full force and
effect and each of the parties hereto hereby confirms all the terms and
provisions of the Indenture as amended hereby.
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|3. |  | This First Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|4. |  | This First Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to
applicable principles of conflict of laws thereunder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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|5. |  | The recitals contained in this First Supplemental Indenture shall be
taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantors, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First
Supplemental Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this First Supplement to the
Indenture to be duly executed and attested as of the date and year first
written above.

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| |  | ATRIUM CORPORATION
| |  |                    |  |                                                                
| |  |                    |  |                                                                
| |  | By:                |  | /s/ Jeff L. Hull                                               
| |  |                    |  |                                                                
| |  |                    |  | Name: Jeff L. Hull
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

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| |  | US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as successor Trustee
| |  |                                                     |  |                                          
| |  |                                                     |  |                                          
| |  | By:                                                 |  | /s/ Mark Forgetta                        
| |  |                                                     |  |                                          
| |  |                                                     |  | Name: Mark Forgetta
Title: Vice-President

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