Nature of Operations, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Sales

The following table summarizes our product sales for the three years ended October 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 into groupings by segment which we believe depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of our revenues and cash flows are affected by economic factors. For further details regarding our results by segment, refer to Note 16, “Segment Information."

	Year Ended October 31,
	2020		2019		2018
	(in thousands)
NA Fenestration:
United States - fenestration	$	427,616	$	439,536	$	412,000
International - fenestration	28,585		31,106		39,309
United States - non-fenestration	19,279		17,061		18,211
International - non-fenestration	7,935		16,134		15,846
	$	483,415	$	503,837	$	485,366
EU Fenestration:
International - fenestration	134,432		139,638		135,415
International - non-fenestration	26,622		25,359		24,558
	$	161,054	$	164,997	$	159,973
NA Cabinet Components:
United States - fenestration	$	11,842	$	13,144	$	14,596
United States - non-fenestration	196,479		214,211		232,990
International - non-fenestration	1,778		2,289		2,227
	$	210,099	$	229,644	$	249,813
Unallocated Corporate & Other:
Eliminations	$	(2,995)	$	(4,637)	$	(5,367)
	$	(2,995)	$	(4,637)	$	(5,367)
Net sales	$	851,573	$	893,841	$	889,785

Property Assets Useful Life

The estimated useful lives of our primary asset categories at October 31, 2020 were as follows:

	Useful Life (in Years)
Land improvements	7 to  25
Buildings	25 to 40
Building improvements	5 to 20
Machinery and equipment	2 to 15

Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures

The following table summarizes our supplemental cash flow information for the years ended October 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):

	Year Ended October 31,
	2020		2019		2018
Cash paid for interest	$	4,715	$	9,020	$	7,890
Cash paid for income taxes	12,118		5,081		4,217
Cash received from income tax refunds	352		1,020		95
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Increase in capitalized expenditures in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	2,370	$	2,897	$	264