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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

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 December 31, 2013		At September 30, 2013
Assets of discontinued operations:
Prepaid and other current assets	$	1,212	$	1,214
Other long-term assets		3,061		3,075
Total assets of discontinued operations	$	4,273	$	4,289

Liabilities of discontinued operations:
Accrued liabilities, current	$	3,142	$	3,288
Other long-term liabilities		4,577		4,744
Total liabilities of discontinued operations	$	7,719	$	8,032

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Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal.

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