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Accrued Warranty Costs - Changes in Product Warranty Obligation (Accrued Warranty Costs) (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Disclosure Accrued Product Warranty Costs [Abstract]    
Balance at beginning of period $ 8,817us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual $ 7,297us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual
Amounts charged to SG&A 2,099lxu_ProductWarrantyAccrualChargedToSellingGeneralAndAdministrationExpense 2,227lxu_ProductWarrantyAccrualChargedToSellingGeneralAndAdministrationExpense
Costs incurred (1,882)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments (1,946)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments
Balance at end of period $ 9,034us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual $ 7,578us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual