Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Customers Financial_Institution Suppliers	Dec. 31, 2011 Customers	Dec. 31, 2010 Customers	Dec. 31, 2012 Iron Deck Acquisition [Member]	May 02, 2011 Iron Deck Acquisition [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Sublease [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Contract Termination [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Residential use [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial use [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Transcend, Enhance and Universal Fascia Product [Member] Residential use [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Transcend, Enhance and Universal Fascia Product [Member] Commercial use [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer One [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Customer One [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Customer One [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer Two [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Cash paid for acquisition					$ 2,000,000
Increase in goodwill due to acquisition					3,700,000
Reduction in provision for future contingent payments				1,400,000
Percentage of sales to certain customers that accounted for 10% or more of company's total net sales	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%											26.00%	24.00%	28.00%	10.00%
Customers represented account receivable balance														31.00%			20.00%
Expiration period of existing subleases										2013	2019
Warranty period								25 years	10 years			25 years	10 years
Expiration date of reconsidered corporate headquarters lease							Jun. 30, 2019
Lease square feet						55,047	55,047
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Holding company's interest in Denplax	35.00%
Charge to earning to fully reserve the equity investment and note			2,400,000
Maximum term of original maturities to classify as cash equivalent	3 months
Number of financial institutions where deposits are maintained	1
Number of customer accounted for 10% or more account receivable	2
Number of customer accounted for 10% or more sales of total company's net sales	2	1	1
Percentage of raw materials purchased from the Company's four largest suppliers	40.00%	33.00%	41.00%
Number of largest raw material suppliers	4
Excess of the replacement cost of inventory over the LIFO value of inventory	23,719,000	28,218,000
Annual impairment test of goodwill	0	0	0
Goodwill subject to least annual review of impairment	10,500,000
Valuation allowance	24,131,000	24,199,000
Research and Development costs	2,900,000	2,500,000	1,900,000
Prepaid expenses for production costs of advertising	600,000	900,000
Branding Expenses	$ 20,500,000	$ 19,400,000	$ 20,600,000