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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Jan. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2009
Related Party Transaction |  |  |  |  |
Cost of use of airplanes |  |  | $ 500,000 us-gaap_OfficersCompensation |  |
Annual lease payment to lease the property from Mr. Hagel and his wife Susan Hagel, a former employee of Simpson Strong-Tie | 6,900,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet | 6,900,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet | 6,900,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet |  |
Loan repayments by related parties | 0 us-gaap_ProceedsFromCollectionOfLongtermLoansToRelatedParties | 700,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromCollectionOfLongtermLoansToRelatedParties | 1,698,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromCollectionOfLongtermLoansToRelatedParties |  |
Chief Executive Officer |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction |  |  |  |  |
Cost of use of airplanes |  |  | 20,000 us-gaap_OfficersCompensation / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_ChiefExecutiveOfficerMember |  |
Entities related to Keymark |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction |  |  |  |  |
Loan repayments by related parties |  |  |  |  | 700,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromCollectionOfLongtermLoansToRelatedParties / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = ssd_RelatedPartyOfEquityMethodInvesteeMember
Interest rate of loans (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 5.50%us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionRate / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = ssd_RelatedPartyOfEquityMethodInvesteeMember
Loans made to related parties |  |  |  | 700,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForLongTermLoansForRelatedParties / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = ssd_RelatedPartyOfEquityMethodInvesteeMember |
Simpson Strong-Tie | Gerald Hagel, vice president and Susan Hagel, spouse |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction |  |  |  |  |
Lease agreement, extended period | 5 years |  |  |  |
Annual lease payment to lease the property from Mr. Hagel and his wife Susan Hagel, a former employee of Simpson Strong-Tie | $ 300,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ssd_SimpsonStrongTieCompanyIncMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = ssd_VicePresidentAndImmediateFamilyMemberOfManagementMember |  |  |  |

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- Definition Expenditures for salaries of officers. Does not include allocated share-based compensation, pension and post-retirement benefit expense or other labor-related non-salary expense. For commercial and industrial companies, excludes any direct and overhead labor that is included in cost of goods sold. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 + Details
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- Definition Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41499-112717 + Details
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