Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($) unit	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2015 USD ($)
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 145,563,000	$ 219,627,000
Goodwill, impairment loss	0	(74,600,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	591,000	536,000
Ending balance	146,154,000	145,563,000	$ 219,627,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of reportable units with goodwill balances | unit				5
Goodwill	145,563,000	219,627,000	219,627,000	$ 146,154,000	$ 145,563,000
Asset impairment charges	0	74,600,000	0
Gross Carrying Amount				232,135,000	232,081,000
Accumulated Amortization				(139,067,000)	(124,784,000)
Intangible assets amortization expense	14,300,000	15,300,000	16,200,000
Impairment of intangible assets	$ 0	0	0
Estimated Amortization Expense
2018				12,573,000
2019				11,941,000
2020				11,194,000
2021				10,464,000
2022				9,239,000
Thereafter				37,657,000
Intangible assets, net				93,068,000	107,297,000
Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Weighted Average Useful Life	9 years
Gross Carrying Amount				154,004,000	153,950,000
Accumulated Amortization				(80,441,000)	(70,103,000)
Retirement of fully amortized intangible assets				300,000
Trademarks and trade names
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Weighted Average Useful Life	9 years
Gross Carrying Amount				55,745,000	55,745,000
Accumulated Amortization				(37,314,000)	(35,210,000)
Patents and other technology
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Weighted Average Useful Life	3 years
Gross Carrying Amount				22,386,000	22,386,000
Accumulated Amortization				$ (21,312,000)	(19,471,000)
Customer relationships and patents and other technology
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Retirement of fully amortized intangible assets					300,000
Woodcraft
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, impairment loss		(74,600,000)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill						$ 39,100,000
Engineered Products
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of reportable units with goodwill balances | unit				2
NA Engineered Components Unit One
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Ending balance	$ 35,900,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	35,900,000			$ 35,900,000
NA Engineered Components Unit Three
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Ending balance	2,800,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	2,800,000			$ 2,800,000
EU Engineered Components
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Foreign currency translation adjustment	591,000	536,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of reportable units with goodwill balances | unit				2
EU Engineered Components Unit One [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Ending balance	50,900,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	50,900,000			$ 50,900,000
EU Engineered Components Unit Two [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Ending balance	17,400,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	17,400,000			$ 17,400,000
NA Cabinet Components
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	39,100,000	113,700,000
Ending balance		39,100,000	113,700,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of reportable units with goodwill balances | unit				1
Goodwill	$ 39,100,000	$ 39,100,000	$ 113,700,000		$ 39,100,000