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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Highly liquid investments included in cash and cash equivalents, maturity period 3 months      
Allowances for doubtful accounts $ 5,400,000us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent $ 5,800,000us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent    
Inventories 462,200,000us-gaap_InventoryNet 428,900,000us-gaap_InventoryNet    
Unrecognized tax benefits pertaining to uncertain tax positions 31,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 23,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 20,800,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 35,400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Reasonably possible decrease in total unrecognized tax benefits, minimum 2,000,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeLowerBound      
Reasonably possible decrease in total unrecognized tax benefits, maximum 7,000,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeUpperBound      
Selling, general and administrative expenses 943,300,000us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 938,700,000us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 873,100,000us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense  
Advertising costs 200,400,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense 197,100,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense 174,300,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense  
Research and development expenses 46,100,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense 50,800,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense 41,700,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense  
Estimated amount of net foreign currency derivative losses in other comprehensive income reclassified to earnings 300,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeGainLossToBeReclassifiedDuringNext12Months      
Cash flow hedge | Foreign exchange contracts        
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Gain (loss) reclassified from Accumulated OCI into earnings 0us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember		 2,300,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember		 600,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember		  
Shipping And Handling Expense        
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Selling, general and administrative expenses 169,700,000us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
/ fbhs_ComponentsOfOtherOperatingCostAndExpenseGeneralAxis
= fbhs_ShippingAndHandlingExpenseMember		 161,200,000us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
/ fbhs_ComponentsOfOtherOperatingCostAndExpenseGeneralAxis
= fbhs_ShippingAndHandlingExpenseMember		 153,200,000us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
/ fbhs_ComponentsOfOtherOperatingCostAndExpenseGeneralAxis
= fbhs_ShippingAndHandlingExpenseMember		  
Advertising        
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Selling, general and administrative expenses 133,600,000us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
/ fbhs_ComponentsOfOtherOperatingCostAndExpenseGeneralAxis
= fbhs_AdvertisingMember		 140,300,000us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
/ fbhs_ComponentsOfOtherOperatingCostAndExpenseGeneralAxis
= fbhs_AdvertisingMember		 125,200,000us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
/ fbhs_ComponentsOfOtherOperatingCostAndExpenseGeneralAxis
= fbhs_AdvertisingMember		  
Advertising costs, reduction to net sales 66,800,000fbhs_ReductionInSales
/ fbhs_ComponentsOfOtherOperatingCostAndExpenseGeneralAxis
= fbhs_AdvertisingMember		 56,800,000fbhs_ReductionInSales
/ fbhs_ComponentsOfOtherOperatingCostAndExpenseGeneralAxis
= fbhs_AdvertisingMember		 49,100,000fbhs_ReductionInSales
/ fbhs_ComponentsOfOtherOperatingCostAndExpenseGeneralAxis
= fbhs_AdvertisingMember		  
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses        
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Customer program costs 43,400,000fbhs_CustomerIncentiveCosts
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember		 43,500,000fbhs_CustomerIncentiveCosts
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember		 45,000,000fbhs_CustomerIncentiveCosts
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember		  
Income Approach        
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Goodwill Recoverabilty Weighted Percentage 80.00%fbhs_GoodwillRecoverabiltyWeightedPercentage
/ us-gaap_ValuationTechniqueAxis
= us-gaap_IncomeApproachValuationTechniqueMember		      
Market Approach        
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Goodwill Recoverabilty Weighted Percentage 20.00%fbhs_GoodwillRecoverabiltyWeightedPercentage
/ us-gaap_ValuationTechniqueAxis
= us-gaap_MarketApproachValuationTechniqueMember		      
Metals inventories        
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
LIFO inventories 197,600,000us-gaap_LIFOInventoryAmount
/ fbhs_InventoryAxis
= fbhs_OtherInventoryMember		 200,900,000us-gaap_LIFOInventoryAmount
/ fbhs_InventoryAxis
= fbhs_OtherInventoryMember		    
Inventories $ 217,500,000us-gaap_InventoryNet
/ fbhs_InventoryAxis
= fbhs_OtherInventoryMember		 $ 220,100,000us-gaap_InventoryNet
/ fbhs_InventoryAxis
= fbhs_OtherInventoryMember