COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
| Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |
|
|
|
| Other Employee Related Liabilities |
$ 10,000
|
$ 5,900
|
|
| Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Recorded Liability |
6,300
|
3,100
|
|
| Future minimum rental obligations for non-cancellable lease |
120,900
|
|
|
| Lease Obligations [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| 2014 |
28,887
|
|
|
| 2015 |
22,314
|
|
|
| 2016 |
18,528
|
|
|
| 2017 |
14,310
|
|
|
| 2018 |
11,580
|
|
|
| Thereafter |
25,255
|
|
|
| Sublease Income [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| 2014 |
396
|
|
|
| 2015 |
404
|
|
|
| 2016 |
412
|
|
|
| 2017 |
420
|
|
|
| 2018 |
428
|
|
|
| Thereafter |
1,337
|
|
|
| Total rental expenses |
37,300
|
37,600
|
$ 34,600
|
| Indemnification [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Receivable related to indemnification |
1,400
|
1,800
|
|
| Current liabilities |
500
|
500
|
|
| Long-term liabilities |
900
|
1,300
|
|
| Product claim liabilities |
138
|
138
|
|
| Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal liability |
808
|
960
|
|
| Other |
500
|
664
|
|
| Liabilities for contingency |
$ 1,446
|
$ 1,762
|
|
| Multiemployer plans discount rate (in hundredths) |
3.97%
|
4.18%
|
3.80%
|
| Warranty claims [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Warranty liabilities, Current |
$ 19,718
|
$ 16,619
|
|
| Warranty liabilities , Noncurrent |
57,575
|
59,943
|
|
| Change in the Company's warranty liabilities [Roll Forward] |
|
|
|
| Product Warranty Accrual, Preexisting, Increase (Decrease) |
0
|
(7,761)
|
$ (3,021)
|
| Environmental [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Environmental remediation estimate |
|
|
1,800
|
| Environmental liability within current liabilities |
300
|
300
|
|
| Environmental liability within other long-term liabilities |
1,100
|
1,200
|
|
| Litigation Settlement, Amount |
|
|
(5,000)
|
| Warranty claims [Member] |
|
|
|
| Change in the Company's warranty liabilities [Roll Forward] |
|
|
|
| Balance, beginning of period |
76,562
|
84,423
|
42,466
|
| Warranty expense during period |
22,266
|
21,264
|
15,177
|
| Settlements made during period |
(21,549)
|
(21,464)
|
(18,434)
|
| Balance, end of period |
77,279
|
76,562
|
84,423
|
| warranty accruals acquired in acquisition [Member] |
|
|
|
| Change in the Company's warranty liabilities [Roll Forward] |
|
|
|
| Balance, beginning of period |
100
|
48,235
|
|
| Balance, end of period |
0
|
$ 100
|
$ 48,235
|
| Multiemployer Pension Plan [Member] |
|
|
|
| Indemnification [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Quarterly contribution to pension fund through 2018 |
100
|
|
|
| Ply Gem Canada [Member] |
|
|
|
| Environmental [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Environmental liability within current liabilities |
100
|
|
|
| indemnification of liabilities in excess of [Member] |
|
|
|
| Indemnification [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Other |
2,500
|
|
|
| attorney fees [Member] |
|
|
|
| Environmental [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Litigation Settlement, Amount |
2,500
|
|
|
| class action settlement [Member] |
|
|
|
| Environmental [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss |
1,400
|
|
|
| Other Current Liabilities [Member] | class action settlement [Member] |
|
|
|
| Environmental [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss |
700
|
|
|
| Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member] | class action settlement [Member] |
|
|
|
| Environmental [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss |
700
|
|
|
| Windows and Doors [Member] |
|
|
|
| Indemnification [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Liabilities for contingency |
1,000
|
|
|
| Simonton [Member] |
|
|
|
| Indemnification [Abstract] |
|
|
|
| Liabilities for contingency |
$ 900
|
|
|