Debt	6 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2014
Debt [Abstract]
Debt	Note 6 – Debt Effective May 29, 2014, the Company amended its credit agreement (the Credit Agreement) entered into on March 7, 2011 to reduce the unsecured $350.0 million revolving credit facility to $200.0 million. The Credit Agreement also provides for a $200.0 million Term Loan Facility, which, together with the Revolving Loan Facility, both mature on December 11, 2017. On March 21, 2014, Mueller Europe, Limited (MEL) entered into a credit agreement (the Invoice Facility) establishing a total borrowing capacity of £40.0 million, or approximately $65.9 million. The Invoice Facility has an initial term of two years. Borrowings outstanding under the Invoice Facility are secured by MEL’s trade account receivables denominated in British pounds. Borrowings were approximately $23.1 million at June 28, 2014, and bear interest at the latest base-lending rate published by HSBC plus 155 basis points, which was approximately 2.05 percent at the end of the second quarter of 2014.

Debt

6 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2014

Note 6 – Debt

Effective May 29, 2014, the Company amended its credit agreement (the Credit Agreement) entered into on March 7, 2011 to reduce the unsecured $350.0 million revolving credit facility to $200.0 million. The Credit Agreement also provides for a $200.0 million Term Loan Facility, which, together with the Revolving Loan Facility, both mature on December 11, 2017.

On March 21, 2014, Mueller Europe, Limited (MEL) entered into a credit agreement (the Invoice Facility) establishing a total borrowing capacity of £40.0 million, or approximately $65.9 million. The Invoice Facility has an initial term of two years. Borrowings outstanding under the Invoice Facility are secured by MEL’s trade account receivables denominated in British pounds. Borrowings were approximately $23.1 million at June 28, 2014, and bear interest at the latest base-lending rate published by HSBC plus 155 basis points, which was approximately 2.05 percent at the end of the second quarter of 2014.