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Estimated Unamortized Tax Deductible Goodwill

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Goodwill For Tax Purposes Amortization Period

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Income taxes.

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Amount of increase in additional paid in capital (APIC) resulting from a tax benefit associated with share-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Includes, but is not limited to, excess tax benefit.

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Date when the acquirer obtains control of the acquiree, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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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 of assets acquired at the acquisition date.

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Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, without jurisdictional netting.

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)				12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2021	Feb. 01, 2020	Aug. 13, 2018	Jan. 01, 2022	Jan. 02, 2021	Dec. 28, 2019	May 02, 2021
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] \| Earliest Tax Year [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Open tax years for examination				2014
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] \| Latest Tax Year [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Open tax years for examination				2020
ASU 2016-09 [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Excess tax benefit				$ 900,000	$ 800,000	$ 2,100,000
CGI [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Goodwill deductible for tax purpose				9,300,000
Deferred tax asset and liability				$ 0
Goodwill remaining amortization period for tax purposes				7 years 4 months 24 days
Unamortized goodwill				$ 200,000	1,500,000
WinDoor [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Goodwill deductible for tax purpose				38,900,000
Unamortized goodwill				23,500,000	26,100,000
US Impact Systems Inc. [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Goodwill deductible for tax purpose				569,000
Unamortized goodwill				364,000	402,000
Western Window Systems [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Unamortized goodwill				$ 103,100,000	112,100,000
Business combination, effective date of acquisition			Aug. 13, 2018
Step-up acquisition of goodwill percentage				81.94%
Acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities				$ 133,600,000
Western Window Systems [Member] \| Western Window Systems Blocker LLC [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Unamortized goodwill				$ 4,300,000	4,800,000
Step-up acquisition of goodwill percentage				18.06%
Acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities				$ 6,000,000.0
New South Window Solutions LLC and New South Window Solutions of Orlando LLC [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Goodwill deductible for tax purpose				52,100,000
Unamortized goodwill				$ 45,400,000	$ 48,900,000
Business combination, effective date of acquisition		Feb. 01, 2020
ECO [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Business combination, effective date of acquisition	Feb. 01, 2021
Percentage of ownership stake	75.00%			75.00%
CRi [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Goodwill deductible for tax purpose				$ 3,700,000
Unamortized goodwill				$ 3,500,000
Acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities							$ 17,600,000