Discontinued Operations (Details 1) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Service Experts [Member]
Assets of discontinued operations:
Accounts receivable, net	$ 14.5	$ 14.4
Inventories, net	6.3	6.3
Deferred income taxes	9.7	10.1
Property, Plant and Equipment	3.7	3.8
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	67.1	83.2
Other assets	7.4	7.7
Liabilities of discontinued operations:
Accounts payable	17.4	16.0
Accrued expenses	41.0	40.1
Deferred income taxes	3.7	3.7
Other Liabilities	0.1	0.2
Hearth [Member]
Assets of discontinued operations:
Accounts receivable, net	0	7.3
Inventories, net	0	12.4
Deferred income taxes	0	9.1
Property, Plant and Equipment	0	5.4
Other assets	0	0.8
Liabilities of discontinued operations:
Accounts payable	0	6.0
Accrued expenses	0	5.2
Other Liabilities	$ 0	$ 0.4

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 144

-Paragraph 47

-Subparagraph a

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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