Singgora roof is a Malay traditional design of roof construction. Singgora was very popular among Malay traditional houses and buildings long time ago but now suffering declining of customer demand. Several problems were known such as low fracture toughness, growth of fungus and the irregular surface finishing. Extensive work should be conducted to sustain the historical heritage and the mentioned problem must be overcome. Throughout this research, the properties of commercial Singgora roof was identified and characterized. To enhance the properties, Feldspar was added to the raw clays as flux materials at different concentration (0, 10, 15, 20 wt.%) during mixing process. Samples were shaped by using POP and fired at 800 °C for 16 hours. The final products were characterized for mechanical and physical properties such as density, impact and three-point bending test. From the result, enhanced product showed higher density and toughness based from Charpy impact test.
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