Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Cash Holdback

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Cash Holdback, Payment Term

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482740/230-10-45-28

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 810
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Sale of Installed Insulation Business (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2025	Jan. 31, 2025	Jan. 31, 2024	Jan. 31, 2025	Jan. 31, 2024
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business				$ 15,888	$ 1,948
Gain on sale of business		$ 7,393	$ 0	7,393	$ 0
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Installed Insulation Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business	$ 12,500
Gain on sale of business	7,400
Cash holdback	$ 1,500	$ 1,500		$ 1,500
Cash holdback, term	15 months