[OpenTRV-interest] getting hands on some valves

[Kairos]

At 11:03 28/11/2016,  Simon Hobson wrote:
>If you are fitting new valve, you just buy a basic TRV from the local plumbers merchant and leave the head in it's box. Seems a bit wasteful, and I guess if OpenTRV does manage to take off, they'll come up with a source of "bare" valve bodies. 

Thanks for the clarifications..

I notice that both body-only and head-only units are available on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-DRAYTON-TRV-THERMOSTATIC-RADIATOR-VALVES-HEAD-ONLY-NEW-FREE-POST-/162292998894?hash=item25c96aa2ee:g:P3MAAOSwB09YNdLZ

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Myson-Two-Way-Thermostatic-Radiator-Valve-TRV-Valve-Body-ONLY-/291943719672?hash=item43f933a2f8:g:5V4AAOSw1ZBUum8U

No idea how good they are though..

Nick