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Supplier Concentration - Additional Information (Detail) (Supplier Concentration Risk) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 Vendor | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Percentage of purchases from key suppliers | 76.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 | 73.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 | 72.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Number of key suppliers | 4 wso_NumberOfKeySuppliers |  |
Carrier and Its Affiliates |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Percentage of purchases from key suppliers | 61.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = wso_CarrierAndItsAffiliatesMember | 59.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = wso_CarrierAndItsAffiliatesMember | 57.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = wso_CarrierAndItsAffiliatesMember

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- Definition For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35750535&loc=d3e13537-108611 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6404-108592 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35750535&loc=d3e13531-108611 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 18 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6351-108592 + Details
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