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Goodwill and Related Intangible Assets (Schedule of Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Goodwill [Line Items]  
Balance at $ 236,044,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Foreign currency translation (521,000)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Balance at 235,523,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Residential Products  
Goodwill [Line Items]  
Balance at 181,285,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= rock_ResidentialProductsMember
Foreign currency translation 0us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= rock_ResidentialProductsMember
Balance at 181,285,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= rock_ResidentialProductsMember
Industrial and Infrastructure Products  
Goodwill [Line Items]  
Balance at 54,759,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= rock_IndustrialAndInfrastructureProductsMember
Foreign currency translation (521,000)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= rock_IndustrialAndInfrastructureProductsMember
Balance at $ 54,238,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= rock_IndustrialAndInfrastructureProductsMember