Patent ID: 8578582

Claim:
A method for dismantling a furnace having a multilayered refractory structure comprising: an outer shell; a containing layer that is formed of a containing refractory that contains asbestos and covers an inner side of the outer shell; and a multilayered non-containing layer that is formed of a non-containing refractory that contains no asbestos and covers an inner side of the containing layer, the method comprising: primary dismantling, wherein in the primary dismantling, the primary dismantling is performed without asbestos measures being implemented, and the non-containing layer is dismantled from a furnace core side thereof but at least one outermost layer of layers that form the non-containing layer as well as the containing layer are left as a remnant; and secondary dismantling conducted after the primary dismantling, wherein in the secondary dismantling, the remnant is dismantled while asbestos measures are implemented.