Basis of Presentation (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 03, 2015 distributors facilities supply_centers	Oct. 13, 2010
Entity Information [Line Items]
Number of manufacturing facilities | facilities	11
Contractor customers	50,000
Company Owned Supply Centers | supply_centers	122
Independent distributors	275
Associated Materials, LLC
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity ownership percentage by Holdings upon merger		100.00%
Hellman & Friedman LLC Affiliated Investment Funds
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity ownership percentage by Holdings upon merger	97.00%