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Long-Term Debt - Valhi - Additional Information (Detail) (VALHI, INC., USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Notes Payable, Other Payables | Snake River |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Term loan | $ 250 us-gaap_LoansPayable / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = vhi_SnakeRiverMember / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember
Loans bear interest at a weighted average fixed interest rate | 9.40%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = vhi_SnakeRiverMember / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember
Loans maturity period | Jan. 31, 2027
Recourse loans | 37.5 vhi_RecourseDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = vhi_SnakeRiverMember / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember
Nonrecourse loans | 212.5 us-gaap_NonRecourseDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = vhi_SnakeRiverMember / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember
Credit Facility | Contran |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Maximum borrowing capacity | 275.0 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = vhi_ContranMember / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Debt instrument, Interest rate at period end | 4.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = vhi_ContranMember / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Debt due date, start date | Dec. 31, 2016
Credit facility, Amount borrowed | 17.2 us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = vhi_ContranMember / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Amount available for borrowing | $ 51.3 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = vhi_ContranMember / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Debt instrument basis spread on variable rate | 1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = vhi_ContranMember / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember

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