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Amount before tax of foreign currency transaction realized and unrealized gain (loss) recognized in the income statement.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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The other noncash expense, not otherwise specified in the taxonomy, charged against earnings in the period to allocate the cost of tangible and intangible assets over their remaining economic lives.

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Selected Segment Data (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended									6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 453.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 518.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 518.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 444.7us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 479.7us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 507.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 567.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 531.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet				$ 1,934.8us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 2,085.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 1,691.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Operating income (loss)												(77.6)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	202.8us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	104.2us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other operating credits and charges, net	(6.4)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	(0.5)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	(0.6)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	0us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	(12.9)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	16.1us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	(5.4)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet		(1.6)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet			(7.5)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	(3.8)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	2.9us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet
(Gain) loss on sale or impairment of long-lived assets	(1.0)	3.6	0.5	0	(0.6)	(0.3)	0.7		0			3.1	(0.2)	(4.9)
General corporate and other expenses, net	(23.5)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(18.5)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(20.7)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(27.3)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(28.1)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(22.1)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(24.0)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense		(22.5)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense			(89.8)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(96.7)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(78.7)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Foreign currency gains (losses)												(3.1)	(5.3)	(2.7)
Other non-operating income (expense)												3.1us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingExpense	(29.5)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingExpense	34.9us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingExpense
Investment income	1.1us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet	0.9us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet	1.7us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet	1.8us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet	2.0us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet	1.7us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet	3.1us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet		3.5us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet			5.5us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet	10.3us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet	14.8us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest	(6.4)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(8.3)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(7.4)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(7.7)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(8.0)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(7.6)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(9.8)us-gaap_InterestExpense		(10.6)us-gaap_InterestExpense			(29.8)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(36.0)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(49.3)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Loss from continuing operations before taxes	(54.3)	(21.9)	(4.6)	(19.8)	(29.7)	41.9	118.4		87.9			(100.6)	218.5	36.5
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	11.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	3.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	6.7us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	5.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	10.5us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(4.4)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(24.3)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit		(22.9)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit			27.2us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(41.1)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(7.0)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income (loss) from continuing operations	(43.0)	(19.1)	0.6	(14.2)	(19.2)	37.5	94.1	65.0		2.1	(18.3)	(73.4)	177.4	29.5
Other Depreciation and Amortization							(1.6)					100.7	91.3	73.4
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment												80.1	75.6	31.2
OSB
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	203.2	233.4	223.7	194.9	229.8	245.4	306.2	286.7				855.2	1,068.1	814.1
Operating income (loss)	(28.8)	(16.4)	(5.5)	(1.9)	6.6	30.2	95.4		98.1			(52.6)	230.3	124.0
Other Depreciation and Amortization												56.1	49.9	33.1
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment												26.3	36.5	10.1
Siding
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	140.9	163.2	169.7	143.5	138.3	149.0	152.7	133.8				617.3	573.8	500.9
Operating income (loss)	13.9	20.8	25.9	19.2	15.5	22.5	27.1		20.7			79.8	85.8	67.4
Other Depreciation and Amortization												17.4	16.4	15.5
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment												33.0	22.8	8.7
Engineered Wood Products
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	65.6	77.3	75.9	62.2	67.4	66.9	58.0	58.0				281.0	250.4	198.4
Operating income (loss)	(5.5)	(0.1)	(5.3)	(3.1)	(3.6)	(1.9)	(5.2)		(3.9)			(14.0)	(14.6)	(13.8)
Other Depreciation and Amortization												13.7	11.4	9.8
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment												5.3	2.2	2.5
South America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	35.9	36.0	41.9	36.6	40.6	41.5	44.3	45.1				150.4	171.5	168.8
Operating income (loss)	2.8	0.3	4.0	4.2	2.1	5.3	6.3		6.3			11.3	20.0	18.0
Other Depreciation and Amortization												9.1	10.5	12.0
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment												7.4	3.9	4.6
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	7.9	8.3	8.7	7.9	7.2	8.8	6.6	8.1				32.8	30.6	27.8
Operating income (loss)	0.8	(2.4)	(1.0)	(0.7)	(0.4)	(2.2)	(2.1)		(1.4)			(3.5)	(6.1)	(9.0)
Other Depreciation and Amortization												1.1	1.3	1.3
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment												0	0	0.9
Intersegment sales
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	(0.1)	(1.4)	(0.4)	(3.6)	(4.2)	(0.8)	(0.6)				(1.9)	(9.2)	(18.8)
Unallocated Amount to Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other Depreciation and Amortization												3.3	1.8	1.7
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment												$ 8.1	$ 10.2	$ 4.4