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	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Adoption of recently issued accounting standards
Deferred income taxes	$ 74,824		$ 92,852
Nature of operations and basis of presentation
Number of building materials segments \| segment	2
Percentage of total revenue and cost of revenue for services	9.00%	9.00%
Accounting Standards Update 2015-17 \| New Accounting Pronouncement, Early Adoption Effect
Adoption of recently issued accounting standards
Current and deferred income taxes			(23,400)
Deferred income taxes			$ 23,400