Revolving Credit Facilities (Revolving credit facility)	9 Months Ended
Revolving Credit Facilities (Revolving credit facility)	Oct. 04, 2014
Revolving credit facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Revolving Credit Facilities	Revolving Credit Facilities On August 4, 2006, we entered into our U.S. revolving credit facility agreement (the “U.S. revolving credit facility”), as later amended, with several lenders including Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. The U.S. revolving credit facility has a final maturity of April 15, 2016, and maximum available credit of $467.5 million, which includes the $20.0 million Tranche A Loan, the maturity date of which is described below. The U.S. revolving credit facility also includes an additional $75.0 million uncommitted accordion credit facility, which permits us to increase the maximum available credit up to $542.5 million. Amounts outstanding under the U.S. revolving credit facility are secured on a first priority basis, by substantially all of our personal property and trade fixtures, including all accounts receivable, general intangibles, inventory and equipment. On August 14, 2014, we amended our U.S. revolving credit facility, extending the final maturity date of the Tranche A Loan to June 30, 2015, and adjusting the credit limits of the loan to step down the available credit by $2.0 million per month beginning April 1, 2015, unless the principal payments cause excess availability to become less than $50.0 million, or an event of default exists. As of October 4, 2014, we had outstanding borrowings of $273.6 million and excess availability of $86.1 million under the terms of the U.S. revolving credit facility. The interest rate on the U.S. revolving credit facility was 3.8% as of October 4, 2014. Additionally, as of October 4, 2014, we had outstanding letters of credit totaling $3.6 million, for the purposes of securing collateral requirements related to guaranteeing lease and certain other obligations. Our subsidiary BlueLinx Building Products Canada Ltd. (“BlueLinx Canada”) has a revolving credit agreement (the “Canadian revolving credit facility”) with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce due upon the the earlier of August 12, 2016 or the maturity date of the U.S. revolving credit facility. The Canadian revolving credit facility has a maximum available credit of $10.0 million. The Canadian revolving credit facility also provides for an additional $5.0 million uncommitted accordion credit facility, which permits us to increase the maximum available credit up to $15.0 million. As of October 4, 2014, we had outstanding borrowings of $4.1 million and excess availability of $1.8 million under the terms of our Canadian revolving credit facility. The interest rate on the Canadian revolving credit facility was 4.0% as of October 4, 2014. We are in compliance with all covenants under these revolving credit facilities.

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