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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the liability for remediation, site restoration, postclosure, monitoring commitments, or other exit costs associated with the sale, disposal or abandonment of a particular property resulting from unanticipated contamination of the assets.

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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Feb. 06, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Claims dispute settlement related to PPC divestiture		$ 11,000,000
Claims dispute settlement related to PPC divestiture, net of tax		$ 7,646,000
Payment of claims dispute settlement	$ 9,500,000
PPC and Installation Services and other discontinued activities \| Discontinued Operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Liabilities held for sale	$ 4,948,000			$ 4,948,000
PPC [Member] \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration						$ 475,000,000
Consideration after sale adjustments						$ 465,000,000
Gain on sale of business			$ 0		$ 117,625,000
Gain on sale of business net of tax					86,357,000
Revenue			$ 0		166,262,000
Installation Services [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue				$ 0	$ 0
Clopay Services Corporation [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Environmental exit costs, costs accrued to date							$ 5,700,000