DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures

The following amounts related to the Installation Services segment, discontinued in 2008, and other businesses discontinued several years ago, which have been segregated from Griffon’s continuing operations, and are reported as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated balance sheets:

	At June 30, 2015		At September 30, 2014
Assets of discontinued operations:
Prepaid and other current assets	$	1,625	$	1,624
Other long-term assets	2,131		2,126
Total assets of discontinued operations	$	3,756	$	3,750
Liabilities of discontinued operations:
Accrued liabilities, current	$	2,392	$	3,282
Other long-term liabilities	3,244		3,830
Total liabilities of discontinued operations	$	5,636	$	7,112