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Elevator Maintenance Record Tabs

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Elevator maintenance record tabs organize each unit's machine-room binder, with the maintenance control program first and the running records behind it, for inspectors. Tabzoola prints them in durable poly or paper, priced online from $136.25 for 25 sets of 5 tabs, with a free PDF proof.

Tabzoola prices 25 sets of 5 custom paper tabs at $5.45 a set, $136.25 total — delivered free.

Setup included. Instant PDF proof before anything prints. Price it anywhere else first — we’d rather you did.

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Tabzoola is a US manufacturer and supplier of custom index tabs for elevator maintenance record binders, manufactured to order at our own plant in Schaumburg, Illinois — tabs made at the Anselmo Die & Index, Inc. plant, die-cutting index tabs since 1993 and shipping nationwide.

Elevator code is unusually specific about paperwork: on-site maintenance records are required for each conveyance, retained for years, and available in or near the machine room to mechanics, inspectors and the authority having jurisdiction. Industry practice keeps them in a dedicated binder per unit, with the written Maintenance Control Program up front and the running records behind it — and when an inspector opens that binder, the building owner, not the service company, is the party accountable for what is or is not there.

That makes the binder's organization a compliance surface in its own right. Tabs printed to the record categories the code and your MCP define — maintenance entries, callbacks, tests, repairs and replacements — turn an inspection question into a one-flip answer, on every unit in the portfolio.

Printed red safety and compliance index tabs reading Safety Goals, Team Goals, Sustainable Practices and Achievements
Printed red safety and compliance index tabs reading Safety Goals, Team Goals, Sustainable Practices and Achievements. More photos of real sets →

What lives in a unit binder

The structure repeats across the industry: the Maintenance Control Program document first — the defined tasks and scheduled intervals for that specific unit — then the records that prove the program is being followed. Maintenance visit entries with dates and technician signatures, callback and trouble reports, category test results, repairs and replacements, and the correspondence that matters.

Because the records are per-unit and time-stamped, the binder is effectively a logbook with chapters. Tabs keep the chapters honest: an entry filed behind the wrong tab is an entry an inspector cannot find, which reads the same as an entry that does not exist.

  • MCP document and scheduled task intervals · maintenance entries
  • Callbacks and trouble reports · category tests · repairs and replacements
  • One binder per conveyance, retained for years

A binder per elevator is the volume story

The code requirement is per conveyance, and nobody owns one elevator. A mid-size property manager runs dozens of units; an elevator service company maintains a portfolio of hundreds or thousands, every one needing the same binder structure with the same tabs.

One saved design covers the fleet. New units, new buildings, and the annual refresh all reorder identically, and a mechanic who learned the binder in one machine room finds the same tab in the same place in every other — which is precisely what an inspection-ready portfolio looks like.

Machine rooms are why poly exists

Machine rooms are hot, dusty, and greasy, and the binder lives there year-round, handled by mechanics mid-job. Poly tabs wipe clean, shrug off oil and grime, and flex instead of creasing — the working choice for the room.

Office copies and the owner's compliance file do well in Mylar-reinforced paper at lower cost, in colors that block by building or by unit bank. Same design, two finishes.

  • Poly for the machine-room binder — oil, dust, gloved hands
  • Mylar-reinforced paper for office and owner compliance copies
  • Color-block by building, riser or unit group

Inspection day is the design brief

The failure mode the industry warns about is blunt: if the inspector arrives and the records are incomplete or inaccessible, the finding lands on the building owner. The binder exists to survive exactly that moment — a stranger with authority, limited time, and a checklist.

Design for the stranger: tabs that carry the record categories in plain words, in a consistent order, so any inspector in any jurisdiction can self-serve. That is also what makes the binder useful to the next mechanic, the next service company, and the owner's attorney if a claim ever arises.

Ordering for a service company or portfolio owner

Elevator contractors and property managers buy on purchase orders, and an emailed PO is treated as the order — Net-30 invoicing, W-9s and vendor forms routine, published per-set pricing. Minimum 25 sets; a service company outfitting a portfolio orders in the hundreds, where an 8-tab set runs $2.44 at 250 sets, setup included.

Tabzoola manufactures the index tabs and does not provide code interpretation or compliance advice — the record categories belong to your MCP and your AHJ; we print them exactly, with a free PDF proof before production.

Specs, minimums, and pricing at a glance

Elevator Maintenance Record Tabs — what you can choose, what a set costs, and how fast it ships.

Minimum order
25 sets
Paper price, 5-tab set
$5.45 per set at 25 sets, $2.35 at 100 sets, $1.57 at 250 sets. The size most suppliers quote — compare this one.
Paper price, 8-tab set
$8.00 per set at 25 sets, $3.58 at 100 sets, $2.44 at 250 sets. One price, setup included — nothing is added at checkout.
Poly price, 8-tab set
$40.80 per set at 25 sets, $16.56 at 100 sets, $9.92 at 250 sets. Setup included; poly is screen printed, so the per-set price falls sharply on longer runs.
How you order
Design online and see the exact price live, then buy by card — no quote form, no sales call.
Materials
90# or 110# index paper, with optional Mylar edge reinforcing; .015 gauge solid poly (plastic) — wipe-clean and tear-resistant.
Colors & cuts
19 Mylar colors on paper and 11 poly colors, mixable tab by tab. Every cut from 1/2 to 1/15, up to 150 tabs per set across banks.
Printing & finishing
1- or 2-sided, up to 2 lines of text per tab, 3-hole punching, collated sets ready to assemble.
Proof
A free PDF proof is emailed before printing — nothing prints until you approve it.
Production
about 5 business days for paper, about 15 for poly, from proof approval. Free UPS Ground on US orders over $75.
Made in
Schaumburg, Illinois, USA — manufactured by Anselmo Die & Index, printing tabs since 1993.

Frequently asked questions

What records does elevator code require on site?

ASME A17.1/B44 requires on-site maintenance records for each conveyance — the written Maintenance Control Program plus the records showing it is followed: maintenance entries with dates and signatures, callbacks, category tests, and repairs and replacements — retained for years and available in or near the machine room to mechanics, inspectors and the authority having jurisdiction. Industry practice keeps them in a dedicated per-unit binder with the MCP as the first section.

Who is responsible if the machine-room binder fails inspection?

The building owner. If an inspector finds records incomplete, inaccessible or missing, the finding lands on the owner rather than the elevator service company — which is why owners and property managers, not just contractors, order these binders tabbed and standardized across every unit they hold.

What tabs should an elevator unit binder have?

The structure most binders follow: the MCP document and task schedule first, then maintenance entries, callbacks and trouble reports, category test results, repairs and replacements, and correspondence. Six to ten tabs is typical. The wording should match your MCP and your jurisdiction's checklist — we print whatever list your program defines.

Paper or poly for machine-room binders?

Poly in the machine room — it wipes clean and survives oil, dust and gloved handling year-round. Mylar-reinforced paper suits the office and owner compliance copies at lower cost. Most portfolios run both finishes from one saved design so every copy reads identically.

Can a service company standardize tabs across its whole portfolio?

That is the natural order: the code requirement is per conveyance, so a contractor maintaining hundreds of units needs hundreds of identically structured binders. The design is saved once and reordered per unit, per building and per year — and a mechanic who learned one binder can navigate every binder.

Do you interpret elevator code requirements?

No — Tabzoola manufactures the index tabs and does not provide code interpretation or compliance advice. The record categories come from your MCP and your authority having jurisdiction; we print the list exactly as you send it, with a free PDF proof before anything runs.

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Amazing Customer Service

We had a deadline to get 50 presentation books out, and our current tab supplier couldn't deliver the tabs that we needed on time. I worked directly with Justin and he was able to get our order manufactured and shipped out within days. The order arrived in time for us to complete our presentations, and the tabs looked great. This type of amazing customer service is very hard to find nowadays, but I'm thrilled to now have a supplier that I can count on.

Lamar W. · Sep 1, 2026
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Ben H. · Aug 22, 2026
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Amy L. · Aug 20, 2026
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Thank You

My old supplier went out of business. You guys produced an exact copy of what we've been using. Thank you!!!

Perri V. · Aug 18, 2026
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Joan S. · Aug 18, 2026
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Thank you, Joan — better than expected is a good place to land. The part people usually don't expect is the make: real die-cut tabs on index stock, with the Mylar bonded on both sides of the extension, which is where tabs tear first. We'll be ready whenever you need the next run. — Tabzoola

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Anna B. · Aug 11, 2026
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Thank you!

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Beth H. · Aug 9, 2026
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Chris C. · Aug 6, 2026
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Kim Y. · Jul 21, 2026
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Jessica · Jun 28, 2026
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