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Exit Activity Costs and Asset Impairments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Asset Impairment Charges Related to Restructuring Activities |
Summary of Exit Activity Costs and Asset Impairments by Segment |
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| Inventory write-downs &/or asset impairment charges |  | Exit activity costs |  | Gain on sale leaseback |  | Total |  | Inventory write-downs &/or asset impairment charges |  | Exit activity costs |  | Gain on sale |  | Total |  | Inventory write-downs &/or asset impairment charges |  | Exit activity costs |  | Total
Residential Products | $ | 6,495 |  |  | $ | 1,256 |  |  | $ | (6,799 | ) |  | $ | 952 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | 1,332 |  |  | $ | (663 | ) |  | $ | 752 |  |  | $ | 1,616 |  |  | $ | 905 |  |  | $ | 2,521 |
Industrial & Infrastructure Products | 2,009 |  |  | 162 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,171 |  |  | 125 |  |  | 794 |  |  | — |  |  | 919 |  |  | — |  |  | 113 |  |  | 113 |
Total exit activity costs & asset impairments | $ | 8,504 |  |  | $ | 1,418 |  |  | $ | (6,799 | ) |  | $ | 3,123 |  |  | $ | 208 |  |  | $ | 2,126 |  |  | $ | (663 | ) |  | $ | 1,671 |  |  | $ | 1,616 |  |  | $ | 1,018 |  |  | $ | 2,634 |
Summary of Exit Activity Costs and Asset Impairments Recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations | The following table provides a summary of where the above exit activity costs and asset impairments are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31 (in thousands):
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Cost of sales | $ | 9,381 |  |  | $ | 843 |  |  | $ | 2,519 |
Selling, general, and administrative expense | (6,258 | ) |  | 828 |  |  | 115 |
Total exit activity costs and asset impairments | $ | 3,123 |  |  | $ | 1,671 |  |  | $ | 2,634 |
Reconciliation of Liability for Exit Activity Costs Relating to Facility Consolidation Efforts | The following table reconciles the beginning and ending liability for exit activity costs relating to the Company’s facility consolidation efforts (in thousands):
| 2015 |  | 2014
Balance as of January 1 | $ | 575 |  |  | $ | 1,092 |
Exit activity costs recognized | 1,418 |  |  | 2,126 |
Cash payments | (1,390 | ) |  | (2,643 | )
Balance as of December 31 | $ | 603 |  |  | $ | 575 |

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