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Exit Activity Costs And Asset Impairments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Exit Activity Costs And Asset Impairments [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Asset Impairment Charges Related To Restructuring Activities |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Residential Products | $ | 1,616 | $ | 1,932 | $ | 448
Industrial and Infrastructure Products |  | – |  | – |  | 1,194
Corporate |  | – |  | 140 |  | –
Total asset impairment charges related to restructuring activities | $ | 1,616 | $ | 2,072 | $ | 1,642
Summary Of Exit Activity Costs And Asset Impairments By Segment |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Residential Products | $ | 2,521 | $ | 2,457 | $ | 1,974
Industrial and Infrastructure Products |  | 113 |  | 1,407 |  | 2,523
Corporate |  | – |  | 140 |  | –
Total exit activity costs and asset impairments | $ | 2,634 | $ | 4,004 | $ | 4,497
Summary Of Exit Activity Costs And Asset Impairments Recorded In The Consolidated Statements Of Operations |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Cost of sales | $ | 2,519 | $ | 3,741 | $ | 3,916
Selling, general, and administrative expense |  | 115 |  | 263 |  | 581
Total exit activity costs and asset impairments | $ | 2,634 | $ | 4,004 | $ | 4,497
Reconciliation Of Liability For Exit Activity Costs Relating To Facility Consolidation Efforts |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Balance as of January 1 | $ | 1,323 |  | $ | 2,315 |
Exit activity costs recognized |  | 1,018 |  |  | 1,932 |
Cash payments |  | (1,249 | ) |  | (2,924 | )
Balance as of December 31 | $ | 1,092 |  | $ | 1,323 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of restructuring and related costs by type of restructuring including the description of the restructuring costs, such as the expected cost; the costs incurred during the period; the cumulative costs incurred as of the balance sheet date; the income statement caption within which the restructuring charges recognized for the period are included; and changes to an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 146 -Paragraph 20 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.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 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 + Details
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