Subsidiary Guarantors - (Narrative) (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2012 Gentek Holdings, LLC and Gentek Building Products	Sep. 29, 2012 AMH New Finance, Inc	Oct. 31, 2010 Senior notes 9.125% notes
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage			9.125%
Ownership percent of guarantor subsidiaries	100.00%	100.00%

Interest rate stated in the contractual debt agreement.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 22

-Article 5

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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