Either way works great but Alot of people are against notched trowels nowadays as is doesn't give proper rainscreen gaps. We use a mud gun so we control the spacing of rainscreen. I'm still wondering why a prefab starter wasn't used along the bottom in this application.
I dont see many videos like this ,thanks. What type of material is used to secure the foam and is the base coat a cementitious or a synthetic material. I have a house that uses this system but the finish is a bendable material
I’ve also done this work for over 25 years and have done it the same way as you and everyone else I had just done a job right before this one where I had to stick 4’x8’x2” sheets on the wall and that’s how it was done I done this one just to see how the 2’x4’ sheets would work I figured I would show something different sorry if everyone has a problem with it