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1060 - Disclosure - Schedule of Inventories (Detail)
(http://www.aosmith.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureScheduleOfInventories)
TableInventory, Current [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Schedule Of Inventory [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2013-12-31
2012-12-31
Inventories
 
 
Finished products
88,800,000  
74,400,000  
Work in process
12,300,000  
12,000,000  
Raw materials
113,600,000  
100,000,000  
Inventories, at FIFO cost
214,700,000  
 
186,400,000  
 
LIFO reserve
21,300,000  
23,000,000  
Inventories, Net
193,400,000  
 
163,400,000