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Fair value of the amount outstanding under the credit facility.

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DEBT - ABL Credit Facility - Narrative (Details) - Amended ABL Credit Facility - USD ($)	Mar. 24, 2023	May 26, 2021	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Domestic Line of Credit \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		1.25%
Domestic Line of Credit \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		1.75%
Domestic Line of Credit \| Alternate Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		0.25%
Domestic Line of Credit \| Alternate Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		0.75%
Domestic Line of Credit \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate SOFR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit spread adjustment	0.10%
Domestic Line of Credit \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate SOFR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.25%
Domestic Line of Credit \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate SOFR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.75%
Foreign Line of Credit \| Line Of Credit Facility, Commitment Option One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage		0.375%
Foreign Line of Credit \| Line Of Credit Facility, Commitment Option Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage		0.30%
Foreign Line of Credit \| Line Of Credit Facility, Commitment Option Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage		0.25%
Foreign Line of Credit \| Bankers Acceptance Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		1.25%
Foreign Line of Credit \| Bankers Acceptance Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		1.75%
Foreign Line of Credit \| Prime Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		0.25%
Foreign Line of Credit \| Prime Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		0.75%
Line of Credit \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, extended term, period from amendment date		5 years
Debt instrument, extended term, period prior to maturity date		91 days
Line of credit facility, term, outstanding obligations threshold amount		$ 100,000,000
Atkore International \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate commitments			$ 325,000,000
Credit availability			$ 325,000,000	$ 322,406,000
Borrowing base percentage of eligible accounts receivable (%)			85.00%
Borrowing base percentage of eligible inventory (plus) (%)			80.00%
Debt instrument, covenant, borrowing base, percentage of inventory subject to certain limitations (%)			85.00%
Borrowings outstanding			$ 0	$ 0