Basis of Presentation (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2012 supply_centers distributors facilities	Sep. 29, 2012 Hellman & Friedman LLC Affiliated Investment Funds	Oct. 13, 2010 Associated Materials, LLC
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity ownership percentage by Holdings upon merger			100.00%
Percentage of Holdings stock held by H&F		97.00%
Number of manufacturing facilities	11
Independent distributors of Associated Materials	275
Company-owned supply centers of Associated Materials	121