I would recommend a rainscreen for all climates especially when using real wood for the siding.
Verticle cedar rainscreen siding.
Use untreated 1 4 furring.
How is the trim shimmed vented from the sheathing.
Rain screen installation begins after the wrb is properly lapped and in place.
Climate shield rain screen wood siding system the best rain screen clip for exterior hardwood and softwood siding.
He would like to use full 1 or 5 4 pvc trim and cut a 1 4 channel to tuck the vertical siding in to prevent water.
Windows are thermally broken clear anodized aluminum frames.
My carpenter is worried that the 3 4 t g cedar plus the 1 4 or 6mm home slicker will make all the trim non standard.
In this situation i would probably use vertical 3 8 plywood strips and coravent sv3 for the tops and bottoms.
Install vertical furring to correspond with the framing method aligned with vertical framing members.
Hate to give you more to worry about but you have some window installation issues going on.
The video ends saying he ll figure out venting at the top of the wall but there s no follow up.
The spacers cedar vent shown are 1 2 thick products and yet the video shows the 3 4 vertical trim sitting more or less flush with the base trim.
The southern volume of the upper level clad in dark gray hardipanel cement board siding meeting the northern volume finished in clear sealed vertical cedar siding throughout the project the cedar siding boards are aligned and continue seamlessly to the underside of the roof above.
I was planning on using home slicker over this and then the vertical siding and shingles for the final.
Most alarming is the top flange tape job.