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Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Maturity period of cash and cash investments | Three months or less |  |
Account receivables net | $ 71 | $ 59 |
Unbilled revenue related to Installation and Other Services | 18 | 17 |
Annual depreciation rates for buildings and land improvements | 2 to 10 percent |  |
Annual depreciation rates for machinery and equipment | 5 to 33 percent |  |
Depreciation expense | 192 | 234 | 249
Assumed annual growth rate of cash flows | 1 to 3 percent |  |
Discount rate on estimated discounted cash flows | 9.50% |  |
Range of increase in discount rate | 11 to 13 percent |  |
Ownership percentage of Hansgrohe AG | 68.00% | 68.00% |
Cabinets and Related Products and Plumbing Products Segments [Member] |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Accelerated depreciation expenses | 28 |  |
Cabinets and Related Products and Other Specialty Products Segments [Member] |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Accelerated depreciation expenses |  | 52 |
Cabinets and Related Products [Member] |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Accelerated depreciation expenses |  |  | $ 43
Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Expected useful life of product | 3 |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Expected useful life of product | 5 |  |
With Effect From January 1, 2006 [Member] |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Expense for stock awards stock granted | Typically 5 to 10 years (except for stock awards held by grantees age 66 or older, which vest over five years), or the length of time until the grantee becomes retirement-eligible at age 65 |  |
Stock awards granted prior to January 1, 2006 [Member] |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Expense for stock awards stock granted | Typically 10 years, or for executive grantees that are, or will become, retirement-eligible during the vesting period, the expense is being recognized over five years or immediately upon a grantee's retirement. |  |
Stock Option [Member] |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Expense for stock awards stock granted | 5 to 10 years |  |
Subsequent to January 1, 2006 [Member] |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |
Expense for stock awards stock granted | Typically five years, or the length of time until the grantee becomes retirement-eligible at age 65 |  |

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- Definition Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3-4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph a(1) -Article 5 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 4 -Article 5 + Details
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- Definition Unbilled amounts due for services rendered or to be rendered, actions taken or to be taken, or a promise to refrain from taking certain actions in accordance with the terms of a legally binding agreement between the entity and, at a minimum, one other party. An example would be amounts associated with contracts or programs where the recognized revenue for performance thereunder exceeds the amounts billed under the terms thereof as of the date of the balance sheet. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) -Number 43 -Section A -Paragraph 4, 21 -Chapter 11 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. 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 210.5-02.3(c)(3)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph c(3) -Article 5 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 912 -SubTopic 310 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6471842&loc=d3e55302-109406 + Details
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