302 CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Andy L. Nemeth, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10Q of Patrick
Industries, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the
periods presented in this quarterly report;

4. The Company's Chief Executive Officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
the Company and we have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the Company, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this
quarterly report is being prepared; and

b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and

c) disclosed in this report any change in the Company's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during the Company's most recent fiscal quarter (the
Company's first fiscal quarter in the case of the 10Q) that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company's internal control over
financial reporting; and

5. The Company's Chief Executive Officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of the
Company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
function):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the Company's
internal control over financial reporting.


Date August 13 , 2004 /S/Andy L. Nemeth
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Andy L. Nemeth
(Vice President - Finance)
(Chief Financial Officer)