NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Nature of Business (Details)	12 Months Ended
Jan. 02, 2016 item
Nature of business
Number of industry groups in which the entity operates	2
Number of companies collectively referred to as TMC	3
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Number of financial instruments transferred from Level 1 to Level 2	0
Number of financial instruments transferred from Level 2 to Level 1	0
Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Products [Member]
Nature of business
Number of reportable segments	2
Construction Products [Member]
Nature of business
Number of reportable segments	2

Represents the number of financial instruments transferred into level 2 from level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Represents the number of financial instruments transferred into level 1 from level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Represents the number of industry groups in which the entity operates.

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Represents the number of companies collectively referred to as TMC.

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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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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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