Installed register: what is where, who made it and where the papers are
One row per surface: the material, maker, line and color, the lot, who installed it and when, the warranty and where it is filed, the care sheet, spare material and the last sealer or finish. The record a repair, a claim or a move-out depends on.
Essential on a first pass for everyone: it is the record a repair, a warranty claim or a move-out depends on, and Cleaning by surface starts from it. Fill the material, maker and care sheet columns first; the rest can wait until you find the papers.
Surfaces
One row per surface in each room. Write "unknown" where you have looked and found nothing; leave a cell blank where you have not looked yet. Rows added from your setup carry only the room and surface.
How to use this sheet
- One row per surface in each room. The living room floor and the kitchen floor are two rows even when they are the same product, because damage and repair happen room by room.
- Write "unknown" where you looked and found nothing. Leave a cell blank where you have not looked yet. The difference matters when you hand the register to an installer or a landlord.
- Lot or batch from the box end or the receipt. A replacement board or tile from another lot can differ in color.
- Care sheet: where you saved it. A folder name, a file on your phone, a link. The maker's sheet overrides everything in this manual for that surface.
- Spare material: how much and where. A spare box of the same lot is what makes a one-board or one-tile repair possible.
The example rows are Maya Ortiz's rented living room: a rigid-core vinyl plank the landlord's email named, with its care sheet saved to her phone, and a used sofa with an S code under the cushion. Maya and her apartment are invented for this manual.
The register is your record. It does not prove what is installed (a box end or receipt does), and it does not identify asbestos or lead: only a lab test of a sample taken by an accredited inspector does. See Stains, damage and older homes.