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The capitalized costs incurred during the period (excluded from amortization) to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire an unproved property, including costs of lease bonuses and options to purchase or lease properties, the portion of costs applicable to minerals when land including mineral rights is purchased in fee, brokers' fees, recording fees, legal costs, and other costs incurred in acquiring properties.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 XUA	Jun. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Prior to acquisition annual sales	$ 145.0	$ 145.0
Business combination, acquisition related costs	0.7
Acquisition Costs, Period Cost		1.2
Goodwill	$ 1,785.2	$ 1,785.2					$ 1,777.4		$ 1,761.7
Complete Supply, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of equity interests acquired	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Goodwill				$ 9.1
Wichita Falls Builders Wholesale, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of equity interests acquired	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Goodwill					$ 0.2
Crabtree Siding and Supply
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of equity interests acquired	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Goodwill						$ 0.1
Lowry's Inc \| Selling, General and Administrative Expense
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain resulting from release of indemnity holdback liability		$ 0.9
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill \| XUA			XUA 38,200,000
Business acquisition, goodwill, tax deductible amount	$ 38.0	$ 38.0
Midway Sales & Distributing, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of equity interests acquired	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Goodwill								$ 28.8