Right way to extend radiator piping

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4lane

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I have hydronic radiator fed by (I believe) 3/4" copper piping. Piping was put in before the floor tile was completed. After I completed the tile, the piping is now short about 1" or less. What kind of fitting would be best to close up this spacing? I'm thinking some male/female adapter that I can put between the water inlet and shut off valve but couldn't find anything that size...

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If I start cutting into pipe and soldering, I could. But I was hoping to just unthread the valve, and thread on an extender. I see them all over for 1/2” but have not found anything similar for 3/4” except for garden hose adapters.
 

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I did find some general brass 3/4" NPT female 3/4" NPT male adapters but they only have a working pressure of 150 psi. Will that work?
 

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If you have the capability to solder I would just for estetics but the 2nd fitting you show would work, or the union the other poster might work
I would cut down below connect the valve to the radiator go back down and solder no extra pieces ,and they would all look the same
 
Thanks all! I will try these guys first and see how it goes.

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