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Can anyone please explain why it is that the kitchen sink and bathroom handbasin is sometimes very slow to empty and is there anything I can do to speed it up. Sometimes it gushes away and at others it just goes at a trickle.

Thanks in advance.

If you put your waste pipe into the wastemaster, and the end is submerged: it will airlock and go down slowly. Make sure you waste pipe end is in open air, and it will flow freely. If you're in doubt, take the pipes off as if for towing, and I bet it flows freely.

(Like Clever says above)

Beware that your internal plumbing is only pushed together, so its possible to pull it apart to clean it, or to nudge it apart when you put something big in the under-sink cupboard, like the table which Bailey put in ours! Grrrr

I've already tried keeping the pipe clear of the waste but I really like the sound of tipping the van slightly. As I've said, we're on a seasonal pitch so always use the site facilities so using the shower doesn't come into it. We're going down to the van on Tuesday (dentist tomorrow) until Sunday so will defo give it a go.

Thanks everyone for all your advice.