EX-32.2
         
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Home Depot, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) for the period ended May 3, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, I, Carol B. Tomé, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President – Corporate Services of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
  (1)   The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  (2)   The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
         
     
/s/ Carol B. Tomé    
Carol B. Tomé   
Chief Financial Officer and
Executive Vice President - Corporate Services
June 3, 2009