DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i03.022

Pages: 632-639

This paper reveals an analysis of the replacement of raw material for kitchen cabinet doors, which has always been an annual conversation amongst the householders of flood-prone landed houses in the city of Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. The use of existing raw materials in the production of a kitchen cabinet door like plywood, high pressure laminate (HPL), melamine faced chipboard (MFC), or medium density fibreboard (MDF) by the local furniture manufacturers in the state seems to be unable to solve some of the major environmental issues, such as flood-causes damage of the doors, decomposition of the doors due to termites and high humidity factors, and raw materials on the damaged doors are unrecyclable. We compile this study in the applied research category, where there are two types of research procedures have been used, namely quantitative and qualitative methods. In the context of this study, quantitative methods are dominant. Primary data for this study is obtained from a pre-test stage via participant observational technique with time sampling practice and non-random standardised aka a structured interview technique; meanwhile, secondary data of the study is collected from literature review through relevant printed and electronic sources.