TIMOTHY J.HEASLEY
        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
 Industries,  Inc.,  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 1.6(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








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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 WHHFREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 30 day of April, 2007.

/s/Timothy J. Heasley/



STATE OF NEW YORK
                        SS:
COUNTY OF ERIE

      On the  30  day  of April in the year 2007, before me, the undersigned, a
notary public in and for  said  state,  personally appeared Timothy J. Heasley,
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.



                                 KELLY A. GOUPIL
                       Notary Public, State of NEW YORK
                          Qualified in Niagara County
                       My Commission Expires 03/25/2010
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