Warranties

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Warranties

Note 17 - Warranties

Product Warranties 

The Company generally warrants its products against certain manufacturing and other defects.  These product warranties are provided for specific periods and/or usage of the product.  The accrued product warranty costs are for a combination of specifically identified items and other incurred, but not identified, items based primarily on historical experience of actual warranty claims.  This reserve is classified within other current liabilities.   

The following tables provide the changes in the Company’s product warranties: 

	For the years ended August 31,
($ in thousands)	2019			2018
Product warranty accrual balance, beginning of period	$	7,109		$	8,411
Liabilities accrued for warranties during the period		7,263			5,228
Warranty claims paid during the period		(5,769	)		(5,848	)
Changes in estimates		357			141
Transfers to liabilities held-for-sale and divested businesses	—				(823	)
Product warranty accrual balance, end of period	$	8,960		$	7,109

Warranty costs were $7.6  million, $5.4 million, and $7.3 million for fiscal 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively.