Document:

EXHIBIT 10.6

                                     FORM OF

                              SUPERHOLDCO GUARANTY

          This AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPERHOLDCO GUARANTY, dated as of December
22, 2004 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified
from time to time, this "Guaranty"), is made by AMH HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Guarantor"), in favor of UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as the
administrative agent (together with its successor(s) thereto, in such capacity
the "Administrative Agent") for each of the Secured Parties, and amends and
restates the Superholdco Guarantee dated March 19, 2004.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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          WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of December 22, 2004 (and as further amended, supplemented, amended and
restated or otherwise modified from time to time the "Credit Agreement"), among
Associated Materials Incorporated, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of Delaware (the "U.S. Borrower"), Gentek Building Products Limited, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of Ontario, Canada (the
"Canadian Borrower" and, together with the U.S. Borrower, each a "Borrower" and
collectively the "Borrowers"), Associated Materials Holdings Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of Delaware ("Holdings"), the Guarantor,
the various financial institutions and other Persons as are or may become
parties thereto, as the Lenders, UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as U.S. Administrative
Agent, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Canadian Administrative Agent,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as Syndication Agent, General Electric Capital
Corporation and National City Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents, and UBS
Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers, the
Lenders and the Issuers have extended Commitments to make Credit Extensions to
the Borrowers; and

          NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor agrees, for the benefit of each
Secured Party, as follows:

                                       I.

                                   DEFINITIONS

          SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms. The following terms (whether or not
underscored) when used in this Guaranty, including its preamble and recitals,
shall have the following meanings (such definitions to be equally applicable to
the singular and plural forms thereof):

          "Administrative Agent" is defined in the preamble.

          "Borrower" and "Borrowers" are defined in the first recital.

          "Canadian Borrower" is defined in the first recital.

          "Credit Agreement" is defined in the first recital.

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          "Guarantor" is defined in the preamble.

          "Guarantor Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of March 4, 2004,
between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee, pursuant to
which the Guarantor Notes are issued.

          "Guarantor Note Documents" means the Guarantor Indenture, the
Guarantor Notes and all other instruments, agreements or other documents
evidencing or governing the Guarantor Notes.

          "Guarantor Notes" means the Senior Discount Notes due 2014 issued by
the Guarantor on March 4, 2004, resulting in gross cash proceeds not to exceed
$258,265,220.

          "Guaranty" is defined in the preamble.

          "Holdings" is defined in the first recital.

          "U.S. Borrower" is defined in the first recital.

          SECTION 1.2 Credit Agreement Definitions. Unless otherwise defined
herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Guaranty, including
its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.

                                       II.

                               GUARANTY PROVISIONS

     SECTION 2.1 Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably

          1. guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, whether at
     stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand
     or otherwise, of all Obligations of the Borrowers and each other Obligor
     now or hereafter existing, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses
     or otherwise (including all such amounts which would become due but for the
     operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the United States
     Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. ss. 362(a), and the operation of Sections 502(b)
     and 506(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. ss. 502(b) and
     ss. 506(b)), and

          2. indemnifies and holds harmless each Secured Party for any and all
     costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses)
     incurred by such Secured Party in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty;
     provided that the Guarantor shall only be liable under this Guaranty for
     the maximum amount of the liability that can be hereby incurred without
     rendering this Guaranty, as it relates to the Guarantor, voidable under
     applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer,
     and not for any greater amount. This Guaranty constitutes a guaranty of
     payment when due and not of collection, and the Guarantor specifically
     agrees that it shall not be necessary or re-

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     quired that any Secured Party exercise any right, assert any claim or
     demand or enforce any remedy whatsoever against the Borrowers or any other
     Obligor (or any other Person) before or as a condition to the obligations
     of the Guarantor hereunder.

     SECTION 2.2 Acceleration of Guaranty. The Guarantor agrees that, in the
event of the occurrence of an Event of Default described under Section 8.1.9 of
the Credit Agreement with respect to either Borrower, and if such Event of
Default shall occur at a time when any of the Obligations of any Obligor may not
then be due and payable, the Guarantor agrees that it shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Secured Parties forthwith the full
amount which would be payable hereunder by the Guarantor if all such Obligations
were then due and payable.

     SECTION 2.3 Guaranty Absolute, etc. This Guaranty shall in all respects be
a continuing, absolute, unconditional and irrevocable guaranty of payment, and
shall remain in full force and effect until the Termination Date has occurred.
The Guarantor guarantees that the Obligations of the Borrowers and each other
Obligor will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of each Loan Document
under which they arise, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or
hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the
rights of any Secured Party with respect thereto. The liability of the Guarantor
under this Guaranty shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable
irrespective of:

          (a) any lack of validity, legality or enforceability of any Loan
     Document;

          (b) the failure of any Secured Party (i) to assert any claim or demand
     or to enforce any right or remedy against either Borrower or any other
     Obligor or any other Person (including any other guarantor) under the
     provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise, or (ii) to exercise any right
     or remedy against any other guarantor (including the Guarantor) of, or
     collateral securing, any Obligations of either Borrower or any other
     Obligor;

          (c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
     other term of, all or any of the Obligations of either Borrower or any
     other Obligor, or any other extension, compromise or renewal of any
     Obligation of either Borrower or any other Obligor;

          (d) any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of any
     Obligations of either Borrower or any other Obligor for any reason,
     including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or
     compromise, and shall not be subject to (and the Guarantor hereby waives
     any right to or claim of) any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment
     or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality,
     nongenuineness, irregularity, compromise, unenforceability of, or any other
     event or occurrence affecting, any Obligations of either Borrower or any
     other Obligor or otherwise;

          (e) any amendment to, rescission, waiver or other modification of, or
     any consent to departure from, any of the terms of any Loan Document;

          (f) any addition, exchange or release of any collateral or of any
     Person that is (or will become) a guarantor (including the Guarantor) of
     the Obligations, or surrender or

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     non-perfection of any collateral, or any amendment to or waiver or release
     or addition to, or consent to or departure from, any other guaranty, held
     by any Secured Party securing any of the Obligations of either Borrower or
     any other Obligor; or

          (g) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense
     available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, the Obligations of
     either Borrower or any other Obligor, any surety or any guarantor.

     SECTION 2.4 Reinstatement, etc. The Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty
shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time any payment (in whole or in part) of any of the Obligations is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored to any Obligor by any Secured Party, upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Obligor or otherwise, all as
though such payment had not been made.

     SECTION 2.5 Waiver, etc. The Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence,
notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of the Obligations
of the Borrowers or any other Obligor and of this Guaranty and any requirement
that any Secured Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest
or Lien, or any property subject thereto, or exhaust any right or take any
action against either Borrower, any other Obligor or any other Person (including
any other guarantor) or entity or any collateral securing the Obligations of the
Borrowers or such Obligor.

     SECTION 2.6 Postponement of Subrogation, etc. The Guarantor hereby agrees
that, at all times prior to the Termination Date, it will not exercise any
rights which it may acquire by way of rights of subrogation under this Guaranty,
by any payment made hereunder or otherwise. Any amount paid to the Guarantor on
account of any such subrogation rights prior to the Termination Date shall be
held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall immediately be
paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and
credited and applied against the Obligations of the Borrowers and each other
Obligor, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Guarantor shall, at all
times prior to the Termination Date, refrain from taking any action or
commencing any proceeding against the Borrowers or any other Obligor (or any of
its successors or assigns, whether in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding or
otherwise) to recover any amounts in respect of payments made under this
Guaranty to any Secured Party.

     SECTION 2.7 Successors, Transferees and Assigns; Transfers of Notes, etc.
This Guaranty shall (i) be binding upon the Guarantor, and its successors,
transferees and assigns; and (ii) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party. Without limiting the
generality of clause (ii), any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer (in whole
or in part) any Note or Credit Extension held by it to any other Person or
entity, and such other Person or entity shall thereupon become vested with all
rights and benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender under any Loan
Document (including this Guaranty) or otherwise, subject, however, to any
contrary provisions in such assignment or transfer, and to the provisions of
Section 12.11 and Article XI of the Credit Agreement.

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                                      III.

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          In order to induce the Secured Parties to make Credit Extensions under
the Credit Agreement, and to induce the Secured Parties to enter into Rate
Protection Agreements, the Guarantor represents and warrants to each Secured
Party as set forth below.

     SECTION 3.1 Organization, etc. The Guarantor (i) is validly organized and
existing and in good standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, (ii) is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction where the nature of its
business requires such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) has
full corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as
the case may be, to own and hold under lease its property and to conduct its
business substantially as currently conducted by it.

     SECTION 3.2 Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty are within the
Guarantor's corporate power, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and do not (i) contravene (A) the Guarantor's Organic
Documents, (B) any material contractual restriction binding on or affecting the
Guarantor, (C) any court decree or order binding on or affecting the Guarantor
or (D) any material law or governmental regulation binding on or affecting the
Guarantor, or (ii) result in, or require the creation or imposition of, any Lien
on the Guarantor's properties.

     SECTION 3.3 Government Approval, Regulation, etc. No material authorization
or approval or other action by, and no material notice to or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or other Person is required for (i) the due execution,
delivery or performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty or (ii) the conduct of
the business of the Guarantor as currently conducted by it.

     SECTION 3.4 Validity, etc. This Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms (except, in any case, as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and by principles of equity).

     SECTION 3.5 Financial Condition of Each Obligor. The Guarantor has
knowledge of each Borrower's and each other Obligor's financial condition and
affairs and has adequate means to obtain from the Borrowers and each such other
Obligor on an ongoing basis information relating thereto and to the Borrowers'
and each such other Obligor's ability to pay and perform its respective
Obligations, and agrees to assume the responsibility for keeping, and to keep,
so informed for so long as this Guaranty is in effect. The Guarantor
acknowledges and agrees that the Secured Parties shall have no obligation to
investigate the financial condition or affairs of the Borrowers or any other
Obligor for the benefit of the Guarantor nor to advise the Guarantor of any fact
respecting, or any change in, the financial condition or affairs of the
Borrowers or any other Obligor that might become known to any Secured Party at
any time, whether or not such Secured Party knows or believes or has reason to
know or believe that any such fact or change is unknown to the Guarantor, or
might (or does) materially increase the risk of the Guarantor as

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guarantor, or might (or would) affect the willingness of the Guarantor to
continue as a guarantor of the Obligations.

     SECTION 3.6 Best Interests. It is in the best interests of the Guarantor to
execute this Guaranty inasmuch as the Guarantor will derive substantial direct
and indirect benefits from the Credit Extensions made from time to time to the
Borrowers by the Lenders and the Issuers pursuant to the Credit Agreement and
the execution and delivery of Rate Protection Agreements between the Borrowers
or any other Obligor and certain Secured Parties, and the Guarantor agrees that
the Secured Parties are relying on this representation in agreeing to continue
to make Credit Extensions to the Borrowers.

     SECTION 3.7 Solvency. After giving effect to this Guaranty and the issuance
of the Guarantor Notes, the Guarantor, Holdings, each Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor (all taken together) are Solvent.

                                       IV.

                                    COVENANTS

     SECTION 4.1 Limitation on Redemption and Prepayment of Certain
Indebtedness. The Guarantor will not, nor will it make an offer to, (i) redeem
or repurchase any Guarantor Notes before the Termination Date, except for
redemptions or repurchases made in connection with the sale or issuance of the
Capital Stock of the Guarantor and so long as all amounts due under Section
3.1.1(h) of the Credit Agreement are paid (to the extent required to be paid)
before such redemption or repurchase, (ii) make any payment or prepayment of
principal of, or premium or interest on, any Subordinated Debt (A) other than
the stated, scheduled payment of principal or interest set forth in the
applicable Other Debt Documents related to such Indebtedness, or (B) which would
violate the terms of the Credit Agreement, this Guaranty or the applicable Other
Debt Documents related to such Indebtedness, or (iii) make any deposit
(including the payment of amounts into a sinking fund or other similar fund) for
any of the foregoing purposes.

     SECTION 4.2 Limitation on Indebtedness. The Guarantor will not create,
incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, other than (i) this Guaranty,
(ii) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of the Guarantor Notes in an aggregate
principal amount at maturity not to exceed $446,000,000 (and which resulted in
gross cash proceeds not to exceed $258,265,220), (iii) Indebtedness arising from
the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or
similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts)
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business so long as
such Indebtedness is extinguished within three Business Days of the incurrence
thereof, (iv) unsecured Indebtedness incurred in connection with repurchases of
its Capital Stock from employees, officers, directors or consultants of the
Guarantor or its Subsidiaries upon their ceasing to be employees, officers,
directors or consultants of the Guarantor or any such Subsidiary, as the case
may be, or upon such Person's death or disability (provided that the aggregate
principal amount of such repurchases funded with Indebtedness does not exceed
$7,500,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time), (v) unsecured Indebtedness
owing to its Subsidiaries, as evidenced by notes in form and substance similar
to Intercompany Notes, (vi) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of guarantees of
any permitted Indebtedness of its Subsidiaries, (vii) unsecured Indebtedness in
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ing Subordinated Debt (provided that the aggregate principal amount of Permitted
Seller Notes issued, when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness assumed or acquired pursuant to clause (l) of Section 7.2.2 of the
Credit Agreement, does not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate with respect to
Permitted Seller Notes issued by Superholdco, Holdings and each Borrower (as
such amount may be increased through interest that is capitalized or
paid-in-kind); and (viii) unsecured Indebtedness in a principal amount at any
time outstanding not to exceed $7,500,000 in the aggregate with all Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this clause (viii) and clause (v) of Section 7.2.2 of the
Credit Agreement; provided that any such Indebtedness referred to in clause (iv)
above is subordinated to the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the
Secured Parties than those set forth on Exhibit J to the Credit Agreement;
provided however that in the case of any guaranty of any Indebtedness referred
to in clause (vi) above, to the extent that such guaranteed Indebtedness is
subordinated to the Obligations, the guaranty thereof by the Guarantor shall be
subordinated to the Obligations to the same extent; provided further that no
Indebtedness otherwise permitted by clause (vii) (other than Permitted Seller
Notes) or (viii) shall be assumed or otherwise incurred if a Default has
occurred and is then continuing or would result therefrom.

     SECTION 4.3 Modification of Certain Agreements. The Guarantor will not
consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification of, or enter
into any forbearance from exercising any rights with respect to the terms or
provisions, (i) any of the Guarantor Note Documents, other than any amendment,
supplement, waiver or modification for which no fee is payable to the holders of
the Guarantor Notes and which (x) extends the date or reduces the amount of any
required repayment, prepayment or redemption of the principal of the Guarantor
Notes, (y) reduces the rate or extends the date for payment of interest, premium
(if any) or fees payable on the Guarantor Notes or (z) makes the covenants,
events of default or remedies in respect of the Guarantor Notes less restrictive
on the obligors thereunder, or (ii) any Organic Document of the Guarantor, other
than any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification which would not impair,
or in any manner be adverse to, the rights, interests or obligations of any
Secured Party under any Loan Document.

     SECTION 4.4 Maintenance of Corporate Separateness. The Guarantor will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, satisfy customary corporate formalities.

     SECTION 4.5 Activities of the Guarantor. The Guarantor will not engage in
any business activity except those businesses in which the Guarantor is engaged
as of the date hereof, businesses which are reasonable extensions thereof and
businesses reasonably incidental or complementary thereto or expansions thereof.

     SECTION 4.6 Use of Funds Paid Pursuant to Sections 7.2.6(g) and (h) of the
Credit Agreement. The Guarantor will either (x) immediately pay to Parentholdco
any amounts paid to it pursuant to Section 7.2.6(g)(x), (g)(y) or (h) of the
Credit Agreement, which amounts will be used as contemplated such Section
7.2.6(g)(x), (g)(y) or (h), as applicable, or (y) deposit (on the date received)
such amounts in a deposit account in which the U.S. Administrative Agent shall
have a perfected first priority security interest (which shall be a Deposit
Account to be established pursuant to the Superholdco Pledge Agreement) and will
not use any such amounts for any purpose other than (x) as described in the
applicable Section 7.2.6(g) or (h) or (y) as otherwise permitted pursuant to
Section 4.5 of the Superholdco Pledge Agreement; provided that no payment
pursuant to clause (x) hereof shall exceed the

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lesser of (i) 50% of the amount permitted to be distributed pursuant to Sections
7.2.6(g)(x), (g)(y) and (h) of the Credit Agreement, as applicable and (ii) the
amount necessary to make the full payments referred to such Sections
7.2.6(g)(x), (g)(y) and (h), as applicable; (and in the event that pursuant to
the second proviso at the end of Section 7.2.6 the amount permitted under
Section 7.26(g)(x), (g)(y) and (h) shall have been reduced to 100%, then all of
the amount permitted to be so distributed).

                                       V.

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION 5.1 Loan Document. This Guaranty is a Loan Document executed
pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated
herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and
provisions thereof.

     SECTION 5.2 Binding on Successors, Transferees and Assigns; Assignment. In
addition to, and not in limitation of, Section 2.7, this Guaranty shall be
binding upon the Guarantor and its successors, transferees and assigns and shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each Secured Party and its
successors, transferees and assigns (to the fullest extent provided pursuant to
Section 2.7); provided that, except as provided in the Credit Agreement, this
Guaranty may not be discharged and the Guarantor may not assign any of its
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders
(or to the extent required pursuant to the Credit Agreement, all Lenders).

     SECTION 5.3 Amendments, etc. No amendment to or waiver of any provision of
this Guaranty, nor consent to any departure by the Guarantor herefrom, shall in
any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as the
case may be, pursuant to Section 12.1 of the Credit Agreement) and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given.

     SECTION 5.4 Notices. All notices and other communications provided
hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile) and addressed, delivered
or transmitted, if to the Guarantor, at the address or facsimile number of the
Borrowers specified in the Credit Agreement, and if to the Administrative Agent,
at its address or facsimile number specified in the Credit Agreement, or at such
other address or facsimile number as may be designated by any such party in a
notice to the other parties. Any notice, if mailed and properly addressed with
postage prepaid or if properly addressed and sent by prepaid courier service,
shall be deemed given when received; any notice, if transmitted by facsimile,
shall be deemed given when the confirmation of transmission thereof is received
by the transmitter.

     SECTION 5.5 No Waiver; Remedies. In addition to, and not in limitation of,
Section 2.3 and Section 2.5, no failure on the part of any Secured Party to
exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any
remedies provided by law.

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     SECTION 5.6 Headings. The various headings of this Guaranty are inserted
for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Guaranty or any provisions hereof.

     SECTION 5.7 Setoff. Each Secured Party shall, upon the occurrence of any
Event of Default described in Section 8.1.9 of the Credit Agreement with respect
to either Borrower or, with the consent of the Required Lenders, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, have the
right to appropriate and apply to the payment of the Obligations owing to it
(whether or not then due), and (as security for such Obligations) the Guarantor
hereby grants to each Secured Party a continuing security interest in, any and
all balances, credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of the Guarantor then or
thereafter maintained with such Secured Party; provided that any such
appropriation and application shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4.8
of the Credit Agreement. Each Secured Party agrees promptly to notify the
Guarantor, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and
application made by such Secured Party; provided further that the failure to
give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
The rights of each Secured Party under this Section are in addition to other
rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff under applicable law or
otherwise) which such Secured Party may have.

     SECTION 5.8 Severability. Any provision of this Guaranty which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such provision and
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Guaranty
or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

     SECTION 5.9 Governing Law; Entire Agreement. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE DEEMED
TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
(INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK). This Guaranty constitutes the entire
understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes any prior agreements, written or oral, with respect hereto.

     SECTION 5.10 Forum Selection and Consent to Jurisdiction. ANY LITIGATION
BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS GUARANTY OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS
(WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY SECURED PARTY OR THE GUARANTOR IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH MAY BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED IN THE COURTS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR IN THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT ANY SUIT
SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH
COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. THE GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO
THE SERVICE OF PROCESS BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, OR BY PERSONAL
SERVICE WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN CARE OF THE BORROWERS AT THE
ADDRESS OF THE BORROWERS SPECIFIED IN THE

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CREDIT AGREEMENT. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE OR HEREAFTER
MAY HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT
REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE GUARANTOR HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY
ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS
(WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN
AID OF EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, THE
GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW SUCH
IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS.

     SECTION 5.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT (ON BEHALF OF
THE SECURED PARTIES) AND THE GUARANTOR HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND
INTENTIONALLY WAIVE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY
HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING
OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS GUARANTY AND EACH OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL
OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF SUCH SECURED PARTIES AND THE GUARANTOR IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH OR THEREWITH. THE GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS
RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION (AND EACH OTHER
PROVISION OF EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY) AND THAT THIS
PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES ENTERING INTO THE
LOAN DOCUMENTS.

     SECTION 5.12 Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed by the parties
hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of
which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this
Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its Authorized Officer as of the
date first above written.

                                        AMH HOLDINGS, INC.

                                        By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

ACCEPTED BY:

UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
  as Administrative Agent

By:
   ----------------------------
    Name:
    Title:

By:
   ----------------------------
    Name:
    Title:

                                     F-3-12EXHIBIT 10.7

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

          AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as
of December 22, 2004, by and between Harvest Partners, Inc. ("Harvest"), a New
York corporation, and Associated Materials Incorporated (the "Company"), a
Delaware corporation.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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          WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in the building products industry,
electrical cable manufacturing industry and activities related to each of the
foregoing (the "Business"); and

          WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Associated
Materials Holdings Inc., a Delaware Corporation ("AMHI") and AMHI is a wholly
owned subsidiary of AMH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("AMH");

          WHEREAS, AMH, Harvest, certain affiliates of Investcorp International,
Inc. (the "Purchasers") and the parties named therein as Sellers have entered
into a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2004, pursuant to which
the Purchasers will purchase shares of preferred stock of AMH from the Sellers;

          WHEREAS, it is a condition to the closing of the transactions
contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement that the parties hereto enter into
this Agreement and a Restructuring Agreement, pursuant to which the holders of
capital stock of AMH have restructured (the "Restructuring") AMH by creating AMH
Holdings II, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), a holding company which
shall own all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of AMH;

          WHEREAS, the Company desires that Harvest cause Holdings to designate
representatives with financial and/or management expertise to serve on the Board
of Directors of the Company, and Harvest desires to cause Holdings to designate
such representatives to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company, and that
such representatives render counsel, guidance and directorial assistance to the
Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates while serving on the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Director Services");

          WHEREAS, the Company further desires that Harvest provide the Company
and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates with financial advisory and strategic
planning services (the "Harvest Services"), including, without limitation,
various advisory services, consulting, marketing, management, strategic
planning, corporate organization and structure, financial matters in connection
with the operation of the Businesses of the Company, expansion of services,
acquisitions and business opportunities and review and advise the Company
regarding its overall progress, needs and condition;

          WHEREAS, the Company and Harvest entered into a Management Agreement,
dated as of April 19, 2002, as amended and restated in its entirety by the
Amended and Restated Management Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2004 (as so
amended and restated, the "Original Agreement"); and

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          WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend and restated the Original
Agreement as provided herein.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, hereto, intending to
be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

          1. Effective Date. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date
first above written (the "Effective Date").

          2. Services. Harvest shall cause certain of its employees, directors
or designees (the "Harvest Directors") with financial and/or management
expertise to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company. Harvest shall cause
the Harvest Directors to provide the Director Services and shall devote such
time and attention as is reasonably necessary to provide the Director Services.
Harvest shall also provide the Harvest Services to the Company from time to time
as requested by the Company. The Harvest Services may be rendered both through
the Harvest Directors and directly by Harvest.

          3. Compensation. (a) Subject to Sections 3(e) and 4 below, as full
payment for the Director Services and the Harvest Services to be rendered by the
Harvest Directors and Harvest hereunder, the Company shall pay to Harvest a fee
(the "Harvest Fee") equal to the sum of $750,000 (to be adjusted annually in
accordance with the U.S. Consumer Price Index) for each year (such years to
begin on each April 1 and ending on each March 31; provided however that the
initial year shall commence on the Effective Date). Except as otherwise provided
in Section 3(c) below, the Harvest Fee shall be payable in equal quarterly
installments during each year of this Agreement, in advance, on the first day of
each quarterly period commencing on the Effective Date.

          (b) In addition to the payment of the Harvest Fee provided for in
Section 3(a) above and in Section 3(c) below, the Company agrees to pay to
Harvest, in consideration of Harvest's efforts to direct the relevant entity to,
and provide advice and strategic planning to the relevant entity in connection
with a Transaction, from time to time, a fee (each, a "Transaction Fee")
concurrently, with, and as a condition to, the closing of (i) a sale, merger,
joint venture formation or other business combination or recapitalization of
Holdings, AMH, AMHI, the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries in
connection with which direct or indirect control of such entity is assumed by an
unaffiliated third party (each, a "Business Combination"), (ii) a sale, lease or
conveyance of all or substantially all of Holdings', AMH's, AMHI's or the
Company's or one or more of its subsidiaries' assets (an "Asset Sale"), (iii)
any offering of Holdings', AMH's, AMHI's or the Company's or one or more of its
subsidiaries capital stock or indebtedness (an "Offering") or (iv) any
declaration of an extraordinary dividend by Holdings, AMH, AMHI or the Company
(an "Extraordinary Dividend" and, together with a Business Combination, an Asset
Sale and an Offering, a "Transaction"). The amount of any Transaction Fee shall
be equal to (x) 1% of the "Transaction Amount" (as defined below) in connection
with a Business Combination, Asset Sale or Extraordinary Dividend, provided,
that, in the case of a Business Combination, Asset Sale or Extraordinary
Dividend, the gross proceeds from such a Business Combination, Asset Sale or, as
the case may be, Extraordinary Dividend generate a cumulative annual eight
percent (8%) compound internal rate of return on the initial investment

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in Holdings by holders of capital stock of the Holdings on the Effective Date;
and (y) 2% of the net proceeds to the relevant entity in connection with an
Offering. "Transaction Amount," as used herein, shall mean the total
consideration (including, without limitation, cash; securities; earnouts (when
and if paid); dividends or other distribution to stockholders; evidences of
indebtedness; other debt instruments, capital leases and preferred securities or
interests remaining on the financial statements, indebtedness, capital leases,
preferred securities or interests and debt and other obligations assumed,
retired or defeased by the purchaser; and any other property or form of
consideration) distributed or directly or indirectly paid, payable or
contributed, for the assets and/or existing and newly issued stock and/or other
ownership interest in connection with the relevant Transaction; provided,
however, that Transaction Amount shall exclude (i) refinanced indebtedness of
the Company and (ii) proceeds from Offerings by Holdings to holders of capital
stock of Holdings on the Effective Date (other than any such holder that is
managed by Harvest). Any securities that form part or all of the Transaction
Amount shall be valued at the quoted public market price or, in the absence of a
quoted market price, the fair value thereof, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company. Any other Transaction Amount that is not
represented by cash shall be valued at the fair value thereof as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company. A Transaction Fee shall in
any and all circumstances be payable in cash at the closing of Transaction. In
the event of a recapitalization of any person or entity, a Transaction Amount
shall also include, without duplication, the value of cash, notes, property and
securities distributed to the person's or entity's stockholders or members. The
Transaction Fee will be payable so long as a Transaction is consummated or a
definitive agreement providing for a Transaction is entered into at any time
during the Initial Term or Renewal Term or within the two (2) year period
subsequent to the termination hereof. Notwithstanding anything else herein to
the contrary, in lieu of payment thereof by the Company, the Company may cause
any of its subsidiaries to, or Holdings, AMH or AMHI may, pay any Transaction
Fee payable to Harvest in connection with a Transaction; provided, that nothing
in this sentence shall affect the absolute right of Harvest to be paid such
Transaction Fee and the Company shall in all respects remain liable therefor
until such obligation is paid in full. The Company may agree to pay Harvest a
fee in connection with any other transaction, including without limitation, an
acquisition of capital stock or assets of another person or entity, so long as
such fee is approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
the Company other than the Harvest Directors.

          (c)  Concurrent with, and as a condition to, the closing of any
Business Combination or Asset Sale involving the Company, the Company shall pay
to Harvest, in a lump sum payment, an amount equal to the aggregate Harvest Fee
which would otherwise be payable by the Company through the completion of the
then-remaining Initial Term or Renewal Term, as the case may be. Notwithstanding
anything else herein to the contrary, in lieu of payment thereof by the Company,
the Company may cause any of its subsidiaries to pay the amount of any Harvest
Fee payable to Harvest pursuant to this Section 3(c); provided, that nothing in
this sentence shall affect the absolute right of Harvest to be paid such Harvest
Fee and the Company shall in all respects remain liable therefor until such
obligation is paid in full.

          (d)  In addition to the fees to be paid to Harvest under Sections
3(a), 3(b) and 3(c), the Company shall pay to, or on behalf of, Harvest,
promptly as billed, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Harvest in
connection with the Director Services and the Harvest Services rendered
hereunder. Such expenses shall include, among other things, reasonable fees

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and disbursements of counsel, travel expenses, messenger and duplicating
services, facsimile expenses and other reasonable and customary expenditures.

          (e) In addition to the fees otherwise payable hereunder, in
consideration of the Director Services provided to the Company by any Harvest
Director who is not an employee or director of Harvest, the Company shall pay
reasonable and customary director's fees to such Harvest Director, in addition
to reimbursing the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, but not limited
to, travel expenses) of such Harvest Director.

          (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the payment of an amount in
respect of the Harvest Fee would result in a breach or event of default pursuant
to an instrument of indebtedness to which the Company is a party (the
"Indebtedness") such payment shall not be paid to the extent that the payment of
such amount would result in such breach or default, but instead shall be accrued
on the books of the Company and shall bear interest at 8% per annum and be
payable as soon as and to the extent permitted by the terms of the Indebtedness,
together with interest thereon as aforesaid. The Company covenants and agrees
that it shall not agree to an amendment of the terms of the Indebtedness which
would specifically prohibit the payment of the Harvest Fee hereunder or impose
any higher financial test ratio or other pre-condition more onerous that any
terms of the Indebtedness in effect on the date hereof. The Company covenants
and agrees that, in the event that it incurs additional indebtedness, it shall
not grant in favor of the holders of such additional indebtedness a covenant or
right specifically prohibiting the payment of the Harvest Fee hereunder or
imposing any higher financial test ratio or other pre-condition more onerous
than is applicable to the Indebtedness.

          4.   Stock Options. Harvest and employees of Harvest shall not be
eligible for any grant of stock options by Holdings, AMH, AMHI or the Company
for the duration of the Initial Term and any Renewal Term.

          5.   Term. (a) The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date
hereof and shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) March 31, 2007 (such period
being referred to herein as the "Initial Term"), unless this Agreement is
automatically renewed as provided below in this Section 5, (ii) the date on
which this Agreement is terminated for cause as provided in Section 7 below and
(iii) the closing of any Business Combination or Asset Sale involving the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing the term of this Agreement shall
automatically and immediately be extended for additional one-year periods (each
such period being referred to herein as a "Renewal Term") if written notice of
termination of this Agreement has not been given by Harvest to the Company at
least three (3) years prior to the end of the Initial Term or, as the case may
be, a Renewal Term.

          (b)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
obligations of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 3(e) and 8 of
this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement.

          6.   Right to Engage in Other Activities. The Director Services
provided herein are not to be deemed exclusive. Nothing contained herein shall
restrict Harvest or any of its shareholders, directors, officers, employees or
agents from engaging in any other business or devoting time and attention to the
management, investment, involvement or other aspects of any

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other business, including becoming an officer or director thereof, or rendering
services of any kind to any other Company, firm, individual or association.

          7.   Termination for Cause. This Agreement may be terminated for cause
by the party whose conduct is not the cause for such termination if (a) either
party materially breaches its obligations as set forth herein (which, in this
case of Harvest, should be terminated for willful misconduct or gross
negligence), or (b) either party files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or is
adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or such party files a petition under any
chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other present or future
applicable Federal, state or other statute or law regarding bankruptcy,
insolvency or other relief for debtors, or any party seeks, or consents to, or
acquiesces in the appointment of, any trustee, receiver, conservator or
liquidator of itself or of all or any substantial portion of its property.

          8.   Indemnification. The Company shall (i) indemnify Harvest, its
affiliates, and their respective partners, directors, officers, employees,
agents and controlling persons and their respective affiliates, and any Harvest
Directors (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties"), to the fullest extent
permitted by law, from and against any and all losses, suits, proceedings,
demands, judgments, claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several, to which
any Indemnified Party may become subject, caused by, related to or arising out
of the Director Services or the Harvest Services or any other advice or services
contemplated by this Agreement or the engagement of Harvest pursuant to, and the
performance by any Indemnified Party of the Director Services or the Harvest
Services contemplated by, this Agreement, and (ii) promptly reimburse each
Indemnified Party for all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney's
fees and expenses), as incurred, in connection with the investigation of,
preparation for or defense of any pending or threatened claim or any action or
proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party
and whether or not such claim, action or proceeding is initiated or brought by
or on behalf of the Company and whether or not resulting in any liability.

          9.   Limited Liability. The Company agrees that no Indemnified Party
shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort, or
otherwise) to the Company, holders of its securities or its creditors related to
or arising out of the engagement of Harvest pursuant to, or the performance by
any Indemnified Party of the Director Services or the Harvest Services
contemplated by, this Agreement, except to the extent that any loss, claim,
damage, liability, cost or expense is found in a final non-appealable judgment
by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from Harvest's willful
misconduct or gross negligence.

          10.  Independent Contractor. The Company acknowledges that Harvest has
been retained hereunder solely as an advisor to the Company, and not as an
advisor to or agent of any other person, and that the Company's engagement of
Harvest is as an independent contractor and not in any other capacity including
as a fiduciary.

          11.  Information. The Company agrees to furnish or cause to be
furnished to Harvest all necessary or appropriate information for use in its
engagement and hereby warrants that any information relating to the Company or a
Transaction that is furnished to Harvest by or on behalf of the Company will be
true and correct in all material respects and not misleading.

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          12.  Attorneys' Fees. In any action or proceeding brought to enforce
any provision of this Agreement, or where any provision hereof is validly
asserted as a defense, the prevailing party, as determined by the court, shall
be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees in addition to any other
available remedy.

          13.  Assignment. Neither Harvest nor the Company may assign this
Agreement or any of their respective rights or obligations hereunder, except
that either of them may assign or transfer this Agreement to any other person
who or which acquires all or substantially all of their respective property,
business and assets, provided, however, that, in the case of Harvest, this
Agreement may be assigned or transferred, in whole or in part, to any affiliate
of Harvest, and thereafter references in this Agreement to "Harvest" shall
include such affiliate.

          14.  Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision
of this Agreement shall not in any manner or way affect any other provision
hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed, if possible, as if amended to
conform to legal requirements, failing which it shall be construed as if any
such offending provision were omitted.

          15.  Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

          16.  Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

          17.  Binding Nature. Subject to the restrictions on assignability
contained herein and the rights and obligations of the Indemnified Parties under
Sections 7 and 8 above, each and all of the covenants, terms, conditions,
provisions and agreements herein contained shall be binding upon, and inure only
to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors, heirs and
permitted assigns.

          18.  Amendment, etc. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, waived, modified or changed except by an instrument in writing signed
by all of the parties hereto. No waiver of any breach or condition of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or
condition, whether of like or different nature.

          19.  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken
together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and
Restated Management Agreement to be executed by their representatives thereunto
duly authorized on the date first above written.

                                  HARVEST PARTNERS, INC., a New York
                                    corporation

                                  By:
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

                                  ASSOCIATED MATERIALS
                                     INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation

                                  By:
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

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