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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Assets Held for Sale (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Sep. 30, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Capitalized Interest Costs, Including Allowance for Funds Used During Construction $ 1.3us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurredCapitalized $ 1.6us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurredCapitalized $ (0.2)us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurredCapitalized  
Sales Price of held-for-sale assets       11.9lpx_SalesPriceofheldforsaleassets
Assets Held-for-sale, Property, Plant and Equipment 59.4us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment 112.2us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment    
Accumulated depreciation 50.1lpx_AssetsHeldForSaleAccumulatedDepreciation 95.9lpx_AssetsHeldForSaleAccumulatedDepreciation    
Net property, plant and equipment 9.3lpx_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 16.3lpx_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet    
Land, land improvements and logging roads, net of road amortization [Member]        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Assets Held-for-sale, Property, Plant and Equipment 4.5us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis
= lpx_LandLandImprovementsAndLoggingRoadsNetOfRoadAmortizationMember
6.9us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis
= lpx_LandLandImprovementsAndLoggingRoadsNetOfRoadAmortizationMember
   
Building [Member]        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Assets Held-for-sale, Property, Plant and Equipment 2.9us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember
6.2us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember
   
Machinery and equipment [Member]        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Assets Held-for-sale, Property, Plant and Equipment $ 52.0us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember
$ 99.1us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember