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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5

                              JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE
                              303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                                 3500 SunTrust Plaza
                                Atlanta, Georgia 30308

                                     July 1, 1998

Georgia Gulf Corporation
400 Perimeter Center Terrace
Suite 595
Atlanta, Georgia 30346

     Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-3 of up to $200,000,000
          of Securities of Georgia Gulf Corporation

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We are acting as counsel to Georgia Gulf Corporation, a Delaware 
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the authorization of the 
possible issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of certain debt 
securities of the Company (the "Securities") pursuant to the terms of an 
Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1998 (the "Indenture"), between the Company 
and LaSalle National Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), in each case as 
contemplated by the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 
333-57301) (the "Registration Statement"). Except as otherwise defined 
herein, capitalized terms that are defined in the Registration Statement are 
used herein as so defined.

     We have examined such documents, records, and matters of law as we have 
deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion. Based on such examination and 
on the assumptions set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

     The Securities, when (a) duly executed by the Company and authenticated 
by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and issued 
and sold in accordance with the Registration Statement and (b) delivered to 
the purchaser or purchasers thereof upon receipt by the Company of such 
lawful consideration therefor as the Company's Board of Directors (or a duly 
authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized officer of the Company) may 
determine, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company.

     In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that (i) the 
definitive terms of each series of the Securities not presently provided for 
in the Indenture will have been established in accordance with all applicable 
provisions of law, the Indenture, and the authorizing resolutions of the 
Company's Board of Directors, and reflected in appropriate documentation 
approved by us and, if applicable, duly executed and delivered by the Company 
and any other appropriate party, (ii) the interest rate on the Securities 
will not be higher than the maximum lawful rate permitted from time to time 
under applicable law, (iii) the Registration Statement, and any amendments 
thereto, will have become effective, (iv) a Prospectus Supplement describing 
each series of Securities offered pursuant to the Registration Statement will 
have been filed with the Commission, (v) the resolutions authorizing the 
Company to register, offer, sell, and issue the Securities

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will remain in effect and unchanged at all times during which the Securities 
are offered, sold, or issued by the Company, and (vi) all Securities will be 
issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

     In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have relied as to certain factual 
matters upon certificates of officers of the Company, and we have not 
independently checked or verified the accuracy of the statements contained 
therein. In rendering the foregoing opinion, our examination of matters of 
law has been limited to the laws of the State of Georgia, the General 
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and the federal laws of the United 
States of America, as in effect on the date hereof.

     We understand that prior to offering for sale any Securities you will 
advise us in writing of the terms of such offering and of such Securities, 
will afford us an opportunity to review the operative documents (including 
the applicable Prospectus Supplement) pursuant to which the Securities are to 
be offered, sold, and issued, and will file as an exhibit to the 
Registration Statement such supplement or amendment to this opinion (if any) 
as we may reasonably consider necessary or appropriate by reason of the terms 
of such Securities or any changes in the Company's capital structure or other 
pertinent circumstances.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the 
Registration Statement and to the reference to us in the Prospectus under the 
caption "Validity of Securities."



                                       Very truly yours,



                                       /s/ JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE
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                                           JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE



