Basis of Presentation (Details)	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2013 facilities	Oct. 13, 2010 Associated Materials, LLC	Jun. 29, 2013 Hellman & Friedman LLC Affiliated Investment Funds
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity ownership percentage by Holdings upon merger		100.00%
Percentage of Holdings stock held by investment funds affiliated with H&F			97.00%
Number of manufacturing facilities	11