Can I cap a pipe better...

Newbie poster here...
A radiator was removed from a small room on our second floor of a home we purchased. There are hardwoods throughout. Now the two pipe stubs remain (4" out from wall, 1.25" up from thr floor) but given the room size there is only one location for the desk and the desk cabinet door can not open enough to pull out shelves within the cabinet.

The pipes have a threaded cap on them that appears to be down as far as it's ever going to go. I would consider using a hole saw a little larger dia then the pipe to cut out a little floor, cut the pipe as far down as I can, cap the pipe with ??? (aka plumber) then cover the hole with a custom oak cap. I'm a wood worker so the latter is no concern. My real concern is the capping of the pipe should I cut the threads off and how much of a hole size in the floor I need to cut the pipe down far enough to get it below the floor level.

I was going to talk with a local plumber but thought I'd collect some other feedback to see if there are any options/recommendations from a community.

I have some eother painful options like reworking what's in left side of the cabinet and moving it to the right but it's another headache and these stubs will remain forever in the house we never plan to move out off.

Is there access through the ceiling of the floor below so the pipe can be removed and plugged further down the line?

how do you propose to cap the shortened pipe...

cutting threads on a pipe that is located below floor level will be extremely difficult,if at all possible, bcs of access limitations.
Can you unthread the whole pipe stub ( may need a very long wrench) and put a plug into whatever fitting it unscrewed from?

Redwood said:

Is there access through the ceiling of the floor below so the pipe can be removed and plugged further down the line?

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With a little dry wall cutting this may be possible. Never have looked at that before in this house. Possible option, thank you.

msgale said:

cutting threads on a pipe that is located below floor level will be extremely difficult,if at all possible, bcs of access limitations.
Can you unthread the whole pipe stub ( may need a very long wrench) and put a plug into whatever fitting it unscrewed from?

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Perhaps taking your plug suggestion with Redwood's comments might get where I need to go without touching the hardwords. I can patch drywall

Thank you.

Just to second the suggestion of cutting the drywall. Patching drywall has to be about the simplest home repair job there is. Removing old threaded pipe can be very difficult at best and doing it without damaging the surround area is almost impossible. Note: repairing a large hole is almost as easy as a small hole so allow plenty of room.

You guys are great - thanks for the quick responses.

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As long as it was not a steam heat system, 1 1/2" should be plenty of pipe to get a grip with a pipe wrench and remove it. Then a countersunk plug and a ratchet extension to screw it in should be all you need.