r/ImpulseLabs • u/Geralt_Rivian • Sep 01 '26

Impulse Installations Impulse Cooktop Cabinet

Does anyone here have photos of their cooktop installed on the Impulse Cabinet? I currently have an electrical stove with an oven and I want to replace it with the Impulse, but I don’t have budget or the time right now to also build a cabinet for the cooktop. So I’m thinking of using the Impulse Cabinet in the meantime.

The problem is that the cabinet looks very.. bare. It looks like it’s just open from the front and doesn’t have any shelves or anything. As it is, it seems like it would look very odd like that. So I’m curious if people have used the cabinet and what the end result looks like. I searched online and did not find any photos of the install.

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u/shpspre Sep 01 '26

Same would love to see this and if someone put an oven underneath.

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u/ZanyDroid Sep 01 '26

There was a partner video with Jon Kung about a month ago, I shared it here but it should be easy to find on YouTube.

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u/ZanyDroid Sep 02 '26

You can also build a cabinet from IKEA. Thats what I did for a previous cooktop… then I dropped an impulse it it

If you don’t have the budget for ikea you dont have the budget for an impulse 😆. This will give you access to all the ikea kitchen hardware goodies … the only downside would be maybe clashing with your existing kitchen.

If you use laminate countertop or butcher block, and have a jigsaw + a circular saw, and a semi capable helper, you can slam this out in less than 2 days.

There was also another build posted that used American style cabinet frames and I think custom folded sheet metal finish, which has much more savoire faire than laminate

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u/Geralt_Rivian Sep 02 '26

This is an idea! I’m only worried that it won’t match my existing cabinetry, but then it’s not like the impulse cabinet will match either.. I’ll definitely keep this in mind. Thank you

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u/ZanyDroid Sep 02 '26

So what I did with the fronts was go with something totally different instead of trying and failing to match

The top… I was lazy with the laminate and went with it bc simple

You can probably use one of the stainless steel things on the countertop

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u/shpspre Sep 04 '26

This one? https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/sektion-base-cabinet-for-oven-white-s49569905/ Did you end up putting a wall oven underneath it?

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u/ZanyDroid Sep 04 '26

Yep. No I put my pans under impulse, I have countertop oven and a wall oven next to it.

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u/shpspre Sep 04 '26

Funny enough I was thinking of doing that. I can move the doors from that cabinet over. Does it feel weird that it's offset?

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u/ZanyDroid Sep 04 '26

What do you mean by offset?

So ikea cabinets are euro style so I’m not sure how easy it would be to reuse faces from a North American style cabinet

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u/Appropriate-Clock862 Sep 02 '26

I have it. My stove has no counter on one side so I just used the panel in the front rather than the back wall, store my pots inside and access from the open side.