Ask the Builder: Cleaning the Inside of a Toilet Tank

AI will not give you good answers on how to clean a toilet tank.

There are lots of parts inside a standard toilet tank. They can make cleaning difficult. There’s a better way. Tim Carter/Tribune Content Agency/TNS

Ed subscribes to my free weekly newsletter. He lives in western North Carolina, as does his son. His son’s house was flooded by a portion of the trillions of gallons of water Hurricane Helene unleashed on the interior Southeastern USA.

Ed’s son thought he was doing the right thing by asking one of the artificial intelligence (AI) engines the best way to clean and sanitize the inside of his toilet tank. Ed sent me the computer-generated answer, and it made me grimace.