Attaching and Sealing Smart Air Barrier Under Pine T&G – GreenBuildingAdvisor

Hello all – thanks to everyone who contributes to GBA – this website is amazing.

I can’t seem to find this exact question already asked so I apologize if it has or if its just a no brainer.  Its a common situation so I’m sure there is something fundamental I’m missing

TL/DR:  What are best practices to seal a Smart Air Barrier like Intello at nail holes at wall studs and rafters? Is it even necessary?

I’m in climate Zone 6.  Planning a house with double stud walls insulated with densepack cellulose.  Ceiling will be insulated with loose fill cellulose.  Finish walls and ceiling be primarily V-notch T&G notty pine so can’t use airtight drywall approach. 

Given the T&G pine I will be putting up a smart vapor/air barrier like Intello.  Since the Intello will be an air barrier, I’d like to have a good seal at the staples and at the nails attaching the pine paneling.  I’m hoping to solicit recommendations on best practices here. I was thinking a thin self sealing foam tape, taped to the studs prior to applying the Intello.  I figure once the pine is installed the intello will be tight against the foam tape at each nail hole.  Double sided tape like Siga’s Twinet could also work but sounds like a nightmare to work with if you need to adjust the intello.  I suppose I could also just apply tape to each stud and rafter after the Intello is up but a good tape that would seal around a nail is expensive.  

Its worth noting the insulation installer uses traditional netting so there will be netting over every stud.  In my feeble mind that complicates things to use the stud to create air barrier continuity at the nail.  This is not an issue at the rafters.  

Perhaps the answer is that I am over thinking this and I don’t really need to do anything.  I definitely wouldn’t worry about it if this were only a vapor control layer but its an air barrier as well

Thanks in advance!