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Last time I wrote about capping a radiator, Bobjohn correctly asked whether I was unknowingly describing a hot water system. Well, it’s a new place (for us) and we’re just getting to know the place, so yes indeed it is a hot water system (converted from steam, it seems, years and years ago).

During our reno, the system was bled and this one radiator was taken out. Do I have this right: I need to connect the two pipes where the radiator was, not cap them, right?

And is this a piping connection that’s going to need soldering? I can’t visualize how to get two elbows plus a piece of straight pipe together with threading, unless there’s a clever coupling I can get.

And last, what am I looking for in a vlalve on the hot water heater to let me charge the system back up once I’ve closed the gap?

Thanks!