If you did not buy the floor, is it still under warranty?
142 documents in this reference answer that question and 11 of them name any condition under which coverage reaches somebody who did not buy the floor. Those 11 belong to two brands — Armstrong / AHF and Bellawood — out of 32, and both conditions are strict enough to fail by accident.
The rest do not all say the same thing, and the difference decides which reader you are: a refusal to hand the warranty on leaves the seller covered until the day they sell, a term that lasts only while the buyer owns the home does not, a lock to the first installation answers the reader lifting the boards to take them along, and an owner-occupancy condition answers the renter.
Read August 22, 2026 · corpus searched August 25, 2026. 146 entries state an answer, 20 record a document that was read and does not answer, and 6 rest on documents whose bytes never reached us. Nothing is claimed about those last 6.
How the search narrows
A near-zero is nearly as cheap to print as a zero, and a broken cache path returns one just as readily as an honest search. Each step below is published with the number it started from, so a reader can see where the count falls away rather than being handed the last figure.
| Step | Documents | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| In the record | 163 | Every document read for this reference, across 33 brands. |
| With a text layer | 156 | Searchable by machine in the publisher’s own bytes. |
| Read by eye only | 1 | Fetched, but the type is converted to outlines and no text can be extracted. Its cells were transcribed from the page as an image. |
| Never reached us | 6 | Dead link, gated, or an empty shell where a document is advertised. |
| Answering this question | 142 | Carry a sentence that decides whether coverage survives a change of owner. |
| Offering any path at all | 11 | Armstrong / AHF and Bellawood — and both attach conditions. |
The two brands that offer a second owner something
Both attach a condition that has to be met before the house is sold, and in both cases the brand’s own documents do not agree with each other about what the condition is. No winner is picked below: the document that governs a particular floor is the one that came with it, and choosing between two live documents would be flipping a coin on somebody’s claim.
Bellawood
3 readings across 10 documents .
This limited warranty is not transferable unless the original purchaser registers the flooring purchase at www.LumberLiquidators.com or via telephone at 1-800-254-0181 within ninety (90) days of your purchase.
Transferable, but only if the original purchaser registers the purchase within 90 days of purchase; registration produces a Bellawood Certificate that must be handed to the new owner.
This limited warranty is not transferable unless the original purchaser registers the flooring purchase at www.llflooring.com or via telephone at 1-800-254-0181 within ninety (90) days of your purchase.
Transferable only on registration within 90 days of purchase — but this copy directs registration to www.llflooring.com, not to www.LumberLiquidators.com.
| Bellawood® Flooring Products (ENGINEERED) — Limited Residential Consumer Warranty * Installation * Care (BWWD_EPLY_ND_GD_EGF_WALL_R, LL Flooring imprint) · stamped “Rev. 07.06.2023” · read August 22, 2026 |
You may register your Bellawood flooring (accessories carry no warranty), and you must register within 90 days of the date you took possession of the product to be eligible for our Certified 100 Year Transferable Warranty.
Registration is what makes the warranty transferable, and this page runs the 90-day clock from the date possession of the product was taken — not from the purchase date. It also states each product must be registered separately and that registration only affects transferability, not the underlying finish-wear warranty.
| Warranty Registration | LL Flooring — "REGISTER YOUR WARRANTY" · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
Armstrong / AHF
2 readings across 2 documents .
Products with Lifetime or 50-year warranty coverage – The product warranty is transferable to the next owner of the home. Proof of purchase from the original sale, listing the AHF Products SKU and collection name and a proof of purchase listing the recommended adhesive is required. If your floor was installed as part of a new home build, you may use your style selection sheet or your closing documents as your proof of purchase, provided they list the AHF Products SKU, collection name, and recommended adhesive.
Default is non-transferable. Exception: if the recommended AHF Products-branded adhesive was used, products with Lifetime or 50-year coverage become transferable to the next owner of the home, but only on proof of purchase listing the SKU, collection name AND the recommended adhesive.
| Hardwood Flooring Limited Warranty · stamped “WF-1262-326 All trademarks are owned by AHF, LLC, or its subsidiaries or affiliates. © 2026 AHF, LLC.” · applies to purchases effective for floors purchased on or after March 1, 2026 · read August 22, 2026 |
Our warranties are NOT TRANSFERABLE.
Flatly non-transferable, with no adhesive-based exception offered in this vintage.
| Hardwood Flooring Limited Warranty (2023 vintage) · stamped “WF-1262-223 All trademarks are owned by AHF, LLC, or its subsidiaries or affiliates. © 2023 AHF, LLC.” · applies to purchases effective for floors purchased on or after January 1, 2022 · read August 22, 2026 |
Both cracks fall on the only question this page exists to answer, and both are live today: one brand’s registration clock starts in two different places across its own documents, and the other publishes a conditional transfer in one vintage and a flat refusal in another.
The term ends when the home is sold
Does coverage stop at the sale — for the seller too — rather than merely failing to reach the buyer? In 14 documents across 7 brands it does. This is not a refusal to hand the warranty on — it is the term ending, and a floor sold in year three of a lifetime warranty was under that warranty for three years. A reader who reads “not transferable” and assumes their own cover runs until they move has read one half of the sentence and not the other.
| Brand | The publisher’s sentence | Cut from |
|---|---|---|
| Home Decorators Collection | … with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home. … | LAMINATED WOOD LIMITED WARRANTY — Home Decorators Collection · stamped “All warranty information in this brochure is effective October 2024.” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Home Decorators Collection | … lifetime of the floor is defined as the length of time from installation to resale or from installation to removal, whichever is shorter; 5. … | Warranty Guide — Rigid Core Vinyl Flooring Products (Home Decorators Collection) · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | … with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home. … | LAMINATED WOOD LIMITED WARRANTY — Pergo Outlast+ · stamped “All warranty information in this brochure is effective March 11, 2024.” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | … with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home. … | WOOD FLOORING LIMITED WARRANTY — Pergo (chart headed 'FIND THESE PRODUCTS AT YOUR LOCAL HOME DEPOT') · stamped “0860_2022 | ER | 09/2022” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Style Selections | … to be free from manufacturing defects for as long as Buyer owns the home. … | STYLE SELECTIONS™ PREFINISHED SOLID AND ENGINEERED HARDWOOD FLOORS — LIMITED WARRANTIES · stamped “Warranty Version June 2018” · read August 22, 2026 |
| STAINMASTER | In the event of any change of ownership of that unit, the coverage ceases. | STAINMASTER® LUXURY VINYL PLANK LIMITED WARRANTY DOCUMENT · no revision date stated by publisher · applies to purchases purchased and installed in residential or accepted commercial settings on or after June 13, 2026 · read August 22, 2026 |
| STAINMASTER | In the event of any change of ownership of that unit, the coverage ceases. | STAINMASTER® LUXURY VINYL PLANK LIMITED WARRANTY DOCUMENT · no revision date stated by publisher · applies to purchases purchased and installed in residential or accepted commercial settings on or after December 5th, 2022 · read August 22, 2026 |
| STAINMASTER | In the event of any change of ownership of that unit, the coverage ceases. | STAINMASTER® LUXURY VINYL PLANK LIMITED WARRANTY DOCUMENT (bilingual English / Spanish) · no revision date stated by publisher · applies to purchases purchased and installed in residential or accepted commercial settings on or after December 5th, 2022 · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mohawk | … with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home. … | MOHAWK WOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED WARRANTIES · stamped “1186 | SB | 01/2026” · applies to purchases These limited warranties apply only to first quality product purchases made after the edition date of this document. — printed alongside: "All warranty information in this brochure is effective January 2026." · read August 22, 2026 |
| MSI Everlife | This limited warranty is non-transferable and extends only to the original end purchaser who continues to reside in the place of original installation. | Everlife LVT Warranty (Glue-Down Flexible LVT + Rigid Core LVT) · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | … with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home: Terms and Conditions • This limited warranty only covers the flooring under normal residential use when Pergo installation and maintenance instructions are followed … | Laminate Wood Flooring Limited Warranty (Pergo Outlast+) · stamped “All warranty information in this brochure is effective March 11, 2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Cali | … Residential Building in which the Flooring is installed is sold by the Original Owner. … | Cali Bamboo LLC Limited Residential Flooring Warranty | Cali Vinyl® Pro · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| Cali | … Commercial Building in which the Flooring is installed is sold by the Original Owner. … | Cali Vinyl® SP1 — Limited Residential and Light Commercial Flooring Warranty · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| Cali | … on which the building in which the Flooring is installed is sold by the Original Owner. … | Cali Engineered Bamboo Residential Warranty · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
Coverage is locked to the first installation
If the floor is lifted and laid again somewhere else, does the warranty travel with it? In 28 documents across 11 brands the answer is no, and it is worth separating from the transfer question: this one binds the person who bought the floor, in their own house, if they lift it and lay it again somewhere else.
| Brand | The publisher’s sentence | Cut from |
|---|---|---|
| LifeProof | ® WARRANTY OWNER This Limited Warranty applies only to the original purchaser and the original installation site, is not transferable and, with respect to the residential warranty, applies only to a resident homeowner. | WARRANTY — lifeproof™ vinyl flooring (IVC US, Inc.) · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| LifeProof | WARRANTY OWNER This Limited Warranty applies only to the original purchaser and the original installation site and is not transferable and, with respect to the residential warranty, applies only to a resident homeowner. | WARRANTY — LifeProof™ (Halstead New England) · stamped “September 26, 2019” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Home Decorators Collection | • These limited warranties do not apply to flooring that has been re-installed in a second location. | LAMINATED WOOD LIMITED WARRANTY — Home Decorators Collection · stamped “All warranty information in this brochure is effective October 2024.” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | • These limited warranties do not apply to flooring that has been re-installed in a second location. | LAMINATED WOOD LIMITED WARRANTY — Pergo Outlast+ · stamped “All warranty information in this brochure is effective March 11, 2024.” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | • These limited warranties do not apply to flooring that has been re-installed in a second location. | WOOD FLOORING LIMITED WARRANTY — Pergo (chart headed 'FIND THESE PRODUCTS AT YOUR LOCAL HOME DEPOT') · stamped “0860_2022 | ER | 09/2022” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | These warranties apply only to the original owner and the first installation of the product and are non-transferable. | Defense+ Limited Warranty for Luxury Vinyl Flooring Installations Only · stamped “0551MHS | 06/2021” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | These limited warranties do not cover flooring that has been re-installed in a second location. | DEFENSE+ ENGINEERED WOOD LIMITED WARRANTY FOR FLOOR INSTALLATIONS ONLY · stamped “1211_2021 | EH | 08/21” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | These warranties apply only to the original owner and the first installation of the product and are nontransferable. | Pergo DuraCraft® RE + WetProtect® Limited Warranties · stamped “1268_2025 | 03/2025 | LS” · read August 22, 2026 |
| NuCore Performance | It is not transferable and only applicable to the first installation of the flooring. | NuCore Performance® Flooring Installation Instructions and Warranty · stamped “05.01.2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
| NuCore Performance | It is not transferable and only applicable to the first installation of the flooring. | NuCore Performance® Flooring Installation Instructions and Warranty (single-width) · stamped “1.2020.05” · read August 22, 2026 |
| AquaGuard Performance | It is not transferable and only applicable to the first installation of the flooring. | AquaGuard Performance Warranty · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| AquaGuard Performance | It is not transferable and only applicable to the first installation of the flooring. | AQUAGUARD PERFORMANCE WARRANTY · stamped “August 2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
| AquaGuard | It is not transferable and only applicable to the first installation of the flooring. | AquaGuard Wood® Flooring — Installation Instructions and Manufacturer's Limited Warranty · stamped “Feb 2025” · read August 22, 2026 |
| AquaGuard | This limited warranty is valid in North America, is not transferable, and extends only to the original purchaser of flooring installed in the house for which was originally installed. | AquaGuard™ Water Resistant Bamboo Flooring — Lifetime Residential Limited Wear Warranty & 15 Year Commercial Limited Warranty · no revision date stated by publisher · applies to purchases Effective Date: Effective for purchases made after 2/10/2023. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Harmonics | This warranty applies only to the first owner and the first installation of the product and may not be transferred. | HARMONICS® FLOORING LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE · stamped “Warranty date: September, 2007 ( Rev. Feb 2010 )” · applies to purchases This warranty applies only to first quality Harmonics® brand product purchases made after the edition date of these warranty conditions for the designated time period when the product is installed in a private residence. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mohawk Home | This warranty applies only to the first owner and the first installation of the product and may not be transferred. | MOHAWK HOME® WITH SplashDefense™ LAMINATE LIMITED RESIDENTIAL WARRANTY · stamped “Print date 11/01/2019” · applies to purchases This warranty applies only to first quality Mohawk Home® brand purchases made after the edition date of these warranty conditions for the designated time period when the product is installed in a private residence and according to the manufacturer’s recommended installation instructions. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mohawk Home | These warranties apply only to the original owner and the first installation of the product and are non-transferable. | RIGID VINYL LIMITED WARRANTY (MHKHM Vinyl Warranty 2022 Updated.pdf) · stamped “0713_2022 | MHS | 08/2022” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mohawk | • The limited warranties do not apply to flooring that has been reinstalled in a second location. | MOHAWK WOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED WARRANTIES · stamped “1186 | SB | 01/2026” · applies to purchases These limited warranties apply only to first quality product purchases made after the edition date of this document. — printed alongside: "All warranty information in this brochure is effective January 2026." · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mohawk | Damage to product that has been re-installed in a second location; 17. | RevWood Contract LIMITED WARRANTY · stamped “0930_Nov/2021” · applies to purchases This will be effective starting with all products with purchases made on or after June 25th, 2021. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mannington | o Apply only to the original purchaser and the original installation site, and are not transferable. | ADURA®PRO Rigid Warranties and Floor Care · stamped “Rev. 2.24.2026” · applies to purchases The Limited Warranties set forth herein apply only to flooring purchased after January 1, 2026. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mannington | o Apply only to the original purchaser and the original installation site and are not transferable. | ADURA®Max Warranties and Floor Care · stamped “rev. 10.31.2022” · applies to purchases The Limited Warranties set forth herein apply only to flooring purchased after January 1, 2021. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mannington | o Apply only to the original purchaser and the original installation site and are not transferable. | ADURA®Rigid — Limited Warranty for Residential Use · stamped “rev. 10.31.2022” · applies to purchases The Limited Warranties set forth herein apply only to flooring purchased after January 1, 2021. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mannington | o Apply only to the original purchaser and the original installation site and are not transferable. | ADURA®Flex Warranties and Floor Care · stamped “rev. 10.31.2022” · applies to purchases Mannington limited warranty protection applies to floors purchased on or after June 1, 2018. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mannington | • The Limited Warranties apply only to the original purchaser and the original installation site, and are not transferable. | Hardwood Floors — Warranties and Floor Care · stamped “rev. 11.29.2022” · applies to purchases The Limited Warranties set forth herein apply only to flooring purchased after January 1, 2021. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | The limited warranties do not apply to flooring that has been re-installed in a second location. | Laminate Wood Flooring Limited Warranty (Pergo Outlast+) · stamped “All warranty information in this brochure is effective March 11, 2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | These limited warranties do not cover flooring that has been re-installed in a second location. | Pergo Defense+ Limited Warranty for Laminate Wood Floor Installations Only · stamped “0544ES | 04/2021” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Provenza Floors | WARRANTY OWNER This Limited Warranty applies only to the original purchaser and the original installation site and is not transferable and with respect to the residential warranty, applies only to a resident homeowner. | Provenza MaxCore™ Waterproof LVP Uniclic® Installation, Care & Warranty Guidelines · stamped “Provenza MaxCore™ LVP Uniclic© Guidelines 11/14/2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Provenza Floors | WARRANTY OWNER This Limited Warranty applies only to the original purchaser and the original installation site and is not transferable and with respect to the residential warranty, applies only to a resident homeowner. | Provenza MaxCore™ Luxury Laminate 5G Installation, Care & Warranty Guidelines · stamped “Provenza MaxCore™ Luxury Laminate 5G Guidelines 11/06/2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
The home has to be lived in by its owner
Does coverage require an owner-occupied home, or exclude rented and leased property outright? In 24 documents across 10 brands it does, and the condition is almost never in the paragraph a reader would look in. It is in a definition — of “residential use”, of who the warranty owner is — several pages away from the promise it qualifies.
| Brand | The publisher’s sentence | Cut from |
|---|---|---|
| LifeProof | “Residential use” means that the original purchaser owns and resides in the home where the product was installed. | Warranty — Vinyl SPC Tiles and Planks (Document ID: 277 THD LP) · stamped “Effective Date: 12-4-2020” · read August 22, 2026 |
| LifeProof | ® WARRANTY OWNER This Limited Warranty applies only to the original purchaser and the original installation site, is not transferable and, with respect to the residential warranty, applies only to a resident homeowner. | WARRANTY — lifeproof™ vinyl flooring (IVC US, Inc.) · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| LifeProof | WARRANTY OWNER This Limited Warranty applies only to the original purchaser and the original installation site and is not transferable and, with respect to the residential warranty, applies only to a resident homeowner. | WARRANTY — LifeProof™ (Halstead New England) · stamped “September 26, 2019” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Home Decorators Collection | • Residential use is defined as: use in living space environments (which do not have light or heavy commercial traffic) including all areas of owner-occupied residence. | General Residential Limited Warranty — LVT (Home Decorators Collection) · stamped “10/28/15” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Home Decorators Collection | … ; “Residential Use” is defined as the original purchaser owns and resides in the residence of the installation. … | Warranty Guide — Rigid Core Vinyl Flooring Products (Home Decorators Collection) · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| SMARTCORE | These warranties ARE NOT transferable or assignable and they DO NOT apply to nonresidential, rental, or commercial purchases/ installations. | LIMITED RESIDENTIAL FLOORING WARRANTY - LOWES SMARTCORE NATURALS WOOD · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| SMARTCORE | These warranties ARE NOT transferable or assignable and they DO NOT apply to nonresidential, rental, or commercial purchases/ installations. | LIMITED LIFETIME RESIDENTIAL FLOORING WARRANTY - LOWES SMARTCORE PRO · stamped “8/18” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Style Selections | … light or heavy commercial traffic) including all areas of owneroccupied residence. … | RESIDENTIAL WARRANTY GUIDE — Style Selections sheet vinyl flooring · stamped “0185_2024 | SE | 03/2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
| STAINMASTER | … or more Products for climate controlled indoor use at an owner occupied single family dwelling and “accepted Commercial Setting” means a job installation utilizing one or more Products for climate controlled indoor use at: Specialty … | STAINMASTER® LUXURY VINYL PLANK LIMITED WARRANTY DOCUMENT · no revision date stated by publisher · applies to purchases purchased and installed in residential or accepted commercial settings on or after June 13, 2026 · read August 22, 2026 |
| STAINMASTER | … or more Products for climate controlled indoor use at an owner occupied single family dwelling and “accepted Commercial Setting” means a job installation utilizing one or more Products for climate controlled indoor use at: Specialty … | STAINMASTER® LUXURY VINYL PLANK LIMITED WARRANTY DOCUMENT · no revision date stated by publisher · applies to purchases purchased and installed in residential or accepted commercial settings on or after December 5th, 2022 · read August 22, 2026 |
| STAINMASTER | … or more Products for climate controlled indoor use at an owner occupied single family dwelling and “accepted Commercial Setting” means a job installation utilizing one or more Products for climate controlled indoor use at: Specialty … | STAINMASTER® LUXURY VINYL PLANK LIMITED WARRANTY DOCUMENT (bilingual English / Spanish) · no revision date stated by publisher · applies to purchases purchased and installed in residential or accepted commercial settings on or after December 5th, 2022 · read August 22, 2026 |
| Shaw Floors | The warranty belongs to you, the original owner-occupied end-use purchaser, and begins when you purchase the resilient and extends for the limited warranty period stated on the product specification. | RESIDENTIAL RESILIENT FLOORING SYSTEM LIMITED WARRANTY · stamped “Revision: 03262024” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Shaw Floors | The warranty belongs to you, the original owner occupied end-use purchaser, and begins when you purchase the resilient and extends for the limited warranty period stated on the product specification. | RESIDENTIAL RESILIENT LIMITED WARRANTY (Defects, Wear) · stamped “Revision: 06282023” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Shaw Floors | Warranty Owner This warranty applies only to a resident homeowner who is the original purchaser of the Shaw LVF products, not to any subsequent homeowner. | RESILIENT SHEET FLOORING LIMITED RESIDENTIAL WARRANTY · no revision date stated by publisher · applies to purchases This warranty is effective for all shipments after July 1, 2010. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Shaw Floors | The Warranty applies to the original end-use purchaser who purchased the Company's Pet Perfect Flooring for residential use in an owner-occupied residence. | Pet Perfect Residential Luxury Vinyl Limited Warranty · stamped “Revision: 01072025” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mohawk | … Commercial” as smaller retail environments, spas, small owneroccupied work offices, etc., living areas within multi-family housing, or student housing. … | RevWood Contract LIMITED WARRANTY · stamped “0930_Nov/2021” · applies to purchases This will be effective starting with all products with purchases made on or after June 25th, 2021. · read August 22, 2026 |
| COREtec | The warranty belongs to you, the original owner occupied end-use purchaser, and begins when you purchase the resilient and extends for the limited warranty period stated on the product specification. | RESIDENTIAL RESILIENT LIMITED WARRANTY · stamped “Revision: 06282023” · read August 22, 2026 |
| COREtec | The warranty belongs to you, the original owner occupied end-use purchaser, and begins when you purchase the resilient and extends for the limited warranty period stated on the product specification. | COREtec Stone Warranty — Limited Residential Warranty · stamped “Revision: 06282023” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Armstrong / AHF | Floors that are installed in other than owner-occupied or tenant- occupied residences. | Hardwood Flooring Limited Warranty · stamped “WF-1262-326 All trademarks are owned by AHF, LLC, or its subsidiaries or affiliates. © 2026 AHF, LLC.” · applies to purchases effective for floors purchased on or after March 1, 2026 · read August 22, 2026 |
| Armstrong / AHF | Floors that are installed in other than owner-occupied or tenant- occupied residences. | Hardwood Flooring Limited Warranty (2023 vintage) · stamped “WF-1262-223 All trademarks are owned by AHF, LLC, or its subsidiaries or affiliates. © 2023 AHF, LLC.” · applies to purchases effective for floors purchased on or after January 1, 2022 · read August 22, 2026 |
| Provenza Floors | It extends only to the original owner occupied end-use purchaser. | Provenza MaxCore™ Waterproof LVP Uniclic® Installation, Care & Warranty Guidelines · stamped “Provenza MaxCore™ LVP Uniclic© Guidelines 11/14/2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Provenza Floors | It extends only to the original owner occupied end-use purchaser. | Provenza MaxCore™ Luxury Laminate 5G Installation, Care & Warranty Guidelines · stamped “Provenza MaxCore™ Luxury Laminate 5G Guidelines 11/06/2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Shaw Floors | The warranty belongs to you, the original owner occupied end-use purchaser, and begins when you purchase the resilient and extends for the limited warranty period stated on the product specification. | PDMS - Residential Resilient Limited Warranty - Defects · stamped “Revision: 06282023” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Shaw Floors | The warranty belongs to you, the original owner occupied end-use purchaser, and begins when you purchase the resilient and extends for the limited warranty period stated on the product specification. | PDMS - Residential Resilient Limited Warranty - Defects, Wear, Waterproof, Petproof · stamped “Revision: 06282023” · read August 22, 2026 |
19 documents that never use the word
These answer the question without the word transfer appearing anywhere in them — measured over the publisher’s own bytes, zero occurrences in any form. They do not refuse to hand the warranty on. They bound coverage another way, by naming who is covered or by ending the term when the home is sold, and what that leaves a second owner is a question the publisher did not answer. This page does not answer it for them.
The brands: AquaGuard, DuraLux, DuraLux Performance, Home Decorators Collection, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, NuCore, Pergo, Style Selections.
| Brand | What bounds coverage instead | Cut from |
|---|---|---|
| Home Decorators Collection | Manufacturer warrants to the original buyer that the flooring will be free of defects in material and/or workmanship in accordance with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home. | LAMINATED WOOD LIMITED WARRANTY — Home Decorators Collection · stamped “All warranty information in this brochure is effective October 2024.” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | Pergo warrants to the original buyer that the flooring will be free of defects in material and/or workmanship in accordance with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home. | LAMINATED WOOD LIMITED WARRANTY — Pergo Outlast+ · stamped “All warranty information in this brochure is effective March 11, 2024.” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | Pergo warrants to the original buyer that the flooring will be free of defects in material and/or workmanship in accordance with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home. | WOOD FLOORING LIMITED WARRANTY — Pergo (chart headed 'FIND THESE PRODUCTS AT YOUR LOCAL HOME DEPOT') · stamped “0860_2022 | ER | 09/2022” · read August 22, 2026 |
| Style Selections | This warranty applies only to the person stated as the buyer on the purchase document(s). | Unilin Flooring Style Selections Laminate Residential Warranty · stamped “Edition Date: 06/22/2020” · applies to purchases This warranty applies only to first quality Style Selections brand product purchases made after the edition date of this warranty · read August 22, 2026 |
| NuCore | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | NuCore® Flooring — Limited Lifetime Residential Warranty / Limited 20 Year Commercial Warranty · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| NuCore | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | NuCore™ Flooring — Limited Lifetime Residential Warranty / Limited 15 Year Commercial Warranty · stamped “V2.160420” · read August 22, 2026 |
| NuCore | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | NuCore™ Basic Flooring — Limited 25 Year Residential Warranty · stamped “V2.160420” · read August 22, 2026 |
| AquaGuard | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | AquaGuard® Laminate Flooring — Limited Lifetime Residential / Limited 15 Year Commercial Warranty · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| AquaGuard | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | AquaGuard™ Laminate Flooring — Limited Lifetime Residential / Limited 15 Year Commercial Warranty · stamped “V2.160624” · read August 22, 2026 |
| AquaGuard | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | AquaGuard Wood® Flooring — Manufacturer's Limited Lifetime Residential Warranty / Limited 15 Year Light Commercial Warranty · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| DuraLux Performance | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | DuraLux Performance Warranty — Limited Lifetime Residential / Limited 15 Year Commercial · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| DuraLux Performance | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | DuraLux Performance Warranty (Ver. 03.20.01) · stamped “Ver. 03.20.01” · read August 22, 2026 |
| DuraLux | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | DuraLux® Flooring — Limited 30 Year Residential Warranty · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| DuraLux | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | DuraLux® Warranty — Limited Lifetime Residential / Limited 5 Year Commercial · stamped “Ver. 04.20.02” · read August 22, 2026 |
| AquaGuard | This warranty is exclusive to the original purchaser and in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and all other remedies, guarantees or liabilities arising by law or otherwise. | AquaGuard Wood® Flooring — Manufacturer's Limited Lifetime Residential Warranty / Manufacturer's Limited 15 Year Light Commercial Warranty · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mohawk Home | This warranty applies only to the person stated as the buyer on the purchase document(s). | Limited Lifetime Residential Warranty (MhkHm_Laminate_Warranty.pdf) · stamped “1458 MHS | 04/2021” · applies to purchases This warranty applies only to first quality Mohawk Home brand product purchases made after the edition date of this warranty when the product is installed in an indoor, climate controlled private residence and according to the manufacturer’s recommended written installation instructions. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mohawk | The manufacturer warrants to the original buyer that the flooring will be free of defects in material and/or manufacturer's workmanship in accordance with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home. | MOHAWK WOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED WARRANTIES · stamped “1186 | SB | 01/2026” · applies to purchases These limited warranties apply only to first quality product purchases made after the edition date of this document. — printed alongside: "All warranty information in this brochure is effective January 2026." · read August 22, 2026 |
| Mohawk | This warranty applies only to the person stated as the buyer on the purchase document(s). | RevWood Select™ Limited Lifetime Warranty · stamped “0418 DM | 03/2020” · applies to purchases This warranty applies only to first quality Mohawk brand product purchases made after the edition date of this warranty when the product is installed in an indoor, climate controlled private residence and according to Mohawk’s written installation instructions. · read August 22, 2026 |
| Pergo | Pergo warrants to the original buyer that the flooring will be free of defects in material and/or workmanship in accordance with the terms of this warranty for as long as the buyer owns the home | Laminate Wood Flooring Limited Warranty (Pergo Outlast+) · stamped “All warranty information in this brochure is effective March 11, 2024” · read August 22, 2026 |
What was looked for
24 tokens, of which 18 find anything. The 6 that return nothing are the point of the table: they are the words a document would reach for if it had a second-owner mechanism this search had failed to look for. Each row carries a control string, the pattern is run against it while this page is built, and a row is only allowed to report a count once its own pattern has been shown to work — without that, a typo and an honest absence print the same number.
| Token | Documents | Occurrences | Control string the pattern is proved against |
|---|---|---|---|
| transferable | 117 | 404 | This warranty is not transferable. |
| transferrable | 3 | 5 | is not transferrable. |
| non-transferable | 16 | 66 | The warranty is non-transferable. |
| nontransferable | 1 | 2 | and are nontransferable. |
| transferee | 41 | 162 | or other transferee of the product |
| assignable | 5 | 10 | ARE NOT transferable or assignable |
| subsequent owner | 40 | 202 | It does not extend to any subsequent owner |
| subsequent homeowner | 1 | 2 | not to any subsequent homeowner |
| next owner | 1 | 2 | transferable to the next owner of the home |
| new owner | 10 | 38 | give it to the new owner if you sell |
| register / registration | 24 | 176 | registers the flooring purchase |
| certificate | 10 | 220 | we will send the original purchaser a Bellawood Certificate |
| heir / heirs | 0 | 0 | passes to the heirs of the purchaser |
| estate | 41 | 82 | any real estate property that is used for business |
| deed | 0 | 0 | a copy of the deed |
| conveyance / convey | 0 | 0 | may be conveyed to a purchaser of the home |
| closing (of a sale) | 2 | 8 | your closing documents as your proof of purchase |
| title (to a home) | 1 | 4 | title in any of the Products has not passed |
| successor | 0 | 0 | successors and assigns |
| tenant | 3 | 6 | tenant-occupied residences |
| landlord | 0 | 0 | the landlord of the property |
| lease / leased | 2 | 8 | It excludes rental and leased properties. |
| rental | 7 | 20 | nonresidential, rental, or commercial purchases |
| sublet / sublease | 0 | 0 | may not sublease the premises |
Three of the non-zero rows mean something other than they look like, and they are named here rather than left to be assumed. estate reaches its documents through one boilerplate exclusion of “any real estate property that is used for business or commercial activities”. title reaches one document, a supplier’s terms of trade, where it is title in the goods passing on payment rather than title to a home. certificate reaches only the brand that has a certificate to issue.
The documents that say nothing
A silence is a claim about how hard somebody looked, and until this page was built nobody had looked here by machine: the published search vocabulary covered the care columns and the gate that checks silences walked that list, so this column sat outside it. Running a net over the column found five entries whose documents plainly answer, in general terms that govern every product line in them; those five now carry the manufacturer’s sentence and appear on the Claim Clock. What is left is 15 documents searched and found genuinely silent, 2 where a whole-document search cannot settle it, and 6 whose bytes never reached us.
Searched, and silent
Bellawood, Harmonics, Home Decorators Collection, Karndean Designflooring, LifeProof, MSI Everlife, Mohawk Home, Shaw Floors, TrafficMaster, allen + roth.
Where the search cannot settle it
2 documents are not one warranty but several, published together on one page. A sentence found anywhere on such a page may belong to a different product entirely, so a match there is reported and read rather than counted. Absence still settles it — nothing on the page means nothing in the reader’s section — and it is the matches that need a person.
| Page | What is bundled on it |
|---|---|
| d2q5qaygbbwnnw.cloudfront.net | Shaw’s residential warranty GUIDE, a paginated booklet with a table of contents. Resilient sheet flooring and resilient LVF are two independently-headed warranties inside it — guide pages 13-14 and 12-13 — and the record reads them as two rows. A sentence found anywhere in the booklet is not necessarily a sentence about the row it is found for. Read by hand on 25 August 2026 for the one field that matches: the LVF block carries only the remedy ladder, and the 30-day notice sentence (“notify the authorized Shaw Flooring dealer … no later than 30 days after discovering the defect”) sits in the SHEET block, where the record already reads it as that row’s answer. The LVF silence is correct. Three further matches are the two-column extraction weaving the ladder into the spot-removal note beside it, and are not sentences the publisher wrote. |
| www.selectsurfaces.ca | Ten separately-headed warranties on one page — laminate, rigid core vinyl, click engineered vinyl, acoustic wall panels, artificial grass, composite fencing, artificial hedges, trellises, composite deck tiles and landscape fabric. Each has its own claim window and its own terms. |
| www.goldenselect.ca | The page carries a composite deck tile warranty. The flooring line is read against it because it is where Golden Select’s site sends a reader looking for one, and it is not there. |
One sentence set aside, and printed anyway
Karndean’s terms and conditions of supply rule on the SUPPLY CONTRACT, not on the warranty, and the Buyer they bind is the trade account Karndean sells to rather than the person whose floor it ends up being. A homeowner is not a party to it. The clause is printed on /warranty-transfer with this reason beside it, because it is the nearest thing in this corpus to a Karndean answer and the reader is entitled to decide for themselves what it reaches. The same clause has a mirror in the next line, running the other way — what the supplier may assign — which decides nothing about a second owner either.
The Contract is personal to the Buyer who may not assign, delegate, license, hold in trust or sub-contract all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract without Karndean's prior written consent.
Never reached us
6 documents — COREtec, Golden Select, Harmonics, Shaw Floors. Each is credited on the source register with what its address actually served: a dead link, a gate, or an empty shell where a document is advertised. Nothing is claimed about what any of them says.
One document was read by eye
LifeProof’s document was fetched successfully and carries no text layer: the type is converted to outlines, so nothing can be extracted from it and every cell taken from it was transcribed from the page rendered as an image. Its transfer sentence is there — optical recognition of the rendered page finds it — but recording that as though a text layer had answered would hide the one document here whose readings rest on a person rather than on the publisher’s bytes. It is counted on its own rung above.
LifeProof — USE AND CARE GUIDE — Rigid Core Vinyl Plank (contains the Warranty section) · no revision date stated by publisher · read August 22, 2026
What this page does not settle
Every sentence above is what a manufacturer wrote. Whether a clause is enforceable where a reader lives is a question of law and this reference does not touch it. Nor does a warranty ending decide anything about the floor: care instructions go on protecting it, and a second owner who steams a floor that forbids it has damaged the floor either way.
And the brand name is not the answer. 17 brands in this reference quote different sentences on this one question across their own documents, so “what does Armstrong / AHF say” has more than one answer and the document that came with a particular floor is the one that decides. Every reading is on the Claim Clock, beside the document it was cut from.
How a silence on this site is established is on the method page; the 163 documents themselves, with a fingerprint each, are on the source register.