Carpeting is big heavy and bulky lincon says and just the act of pulling it up is more difficult than it might seem at first for starters carpeting attaches to the floor along the edges.
What is pulling threads out of my carpet.
If you have a shag type carpet you can remove carpet snags by simply.
First go to the corner nearest the wet area grab the carpet with pliers and pull the carpet off the tack strip.
Carpet edges are raw edges and especially with looped carpet the yarn will often pull and a long run referred to as zippering will occur.
Run a fan or two to dry the carpet.
The new soft style carpet has so many fibers packed into a small space that there is not much air movement from the backing.
Carpet snags are unsightly.
Surfacing threads in an oriental carpet oriental rugs with a hard twist or hand spun wool sometimes develop pulls originating from wool which has avoided initial shearing.
The most common cause of this is the failure of the installers to properly seal the edges of the carpet prior to seaming.
The wool avoids shearing partly due to its curly nature where the yarn literally will come to the top of the pile crest and turn back down toward the foundation.
Wet carpet pad is like a big sponge.
When this is the case a vacuum that has no suction lost will suction the vacuum to the face of the carpet making it extremely difficult to push or pull resulting in a more difficult job for the technician.