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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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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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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Asset Impairment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Asset Impairment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 29, 2019	Sep. 29, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 29, 2019	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Asset impairment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 3,142	$ 10,625	$ 5,243	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 13,767	$ 5,243	$ 0
North American Residential Segment
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Asset impairment									13,800
North American Residential Segment \| Asset Group Three \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of asset group based on estimated discounted future cash flows, including salvage values or market values									9,400
Europe Segment \| Asset Group Three \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of asset group based on estimated discounted future cash flows, including salvage values or market values										3,200
Carrying Value \| North American Residential Segment \| Asset Group Three
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Book value of asset group	$ 23,200								$ 23,200
Carrying Value \| Europe Segment \| Asset Group Three
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Book value of asset group					$ 8,400					$ 8,400