Just installed a new toto guinivere toilet. The toilet slides around even though I anchored the bolts sufficiently.
Is the primary means of stabilizing a toilet supposed to be caulking it to the floor? It really slides around right now but I havent caulked. Was concerned I missed a step.
The primary means of stabilizing a toilet is properly mounting it (and, if absolutely necessary, shimming it to prevent rocking; you can use special toilet shims or just typical plastic door and window shims available at places like HD or Lowe's; that said, in my single experience, the method by which this particular toilet mounts really seems to reduce the need for shimming). "Sliding around" sounds to me like more than rocking; it sounds like you are saying that it's
moving, which it absolutely shouldn't be doing.
Caulking is a finishing touch that prevents infiltration of bugs and stuff [and floor washwater] to the area under the toilet and around the soil pipe and flange, and prevents sewer gas from exiting around the base, if it should come through a faulty wax seal. It is not a method of securing the toilet to the floor.
NOW, all this said, you realize that the Guinevere uses a Toto Unifit adapter which is mounted first, and then the toilet is lowered onto the already-installed adapter, right? Indeed, that method of installation should make for a really secure fit, because you mount the adapter to the flange, and drill holes and install screws to firmly connect the adapter to the floor. The toilet then slides down onto the securely-mounted adapter, making a very firm connection. Having just installed a Carlyle II which uses this method, I can't for the life of me figure out how you can end up with a toilet that "slides around", unless that adapter isn't connected to the floor at the places where it needs to be, i.e. at the drilled, anchored holes other than where it is mounted to the flange.
I am sure that you read them before, but it seems like maybe you did miss a step? Good luck!!