DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

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, 2016		At September 30, 2015
Assets of discontinued operations:
Prepaid and other current assets	$	1,301	$	1,316
Other long-term assets	2,047		2,175
Total assets of discontinued operations	$	3,348	$	3,491
Liabilities of discontinued operations:
Accrued liabilities, current	$	1,600	$	2,229
Other long-term liabilities	2,715		3,379
Total liabilities of discontinued operations	$	4,315	$	5,608