Subsidiary Guarantors - (Narrative) (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2014
Gentek Holdings, LLC and Gentek Building Products
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Ownership percent of guarantor subsidiaries	100.00%
AMH New Finance, Inc
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Ownership percent of guarantor subsidiaries	100.00%
Senior notes \| 9.125% notes
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	9.125%

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the 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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