I have recently installed a lot of new carpet in my house. There are little fluff balls on the carpet, which I read is normal for new carpets and should go away after cleaning 2-3 times. I bought a new vacuum, Hoover, and started vacuuming. The vaccum kept getting clogged up. It is almost impossible to keep vacuuming. Every 5 seconds I need to bent over and manually pull the fluff out of the hose. And the vacuuming action creates bigger fluff balls. I ended up with a bigger mess after vacuuming. I have vacuumed about 3 times and all I see is more and more fluff balls. I don't know if my carpet is no good, or my vacuum is no good, or all is normal (hard to believe though). Any advice is highly appreciated.

I have beautiful travertine floors over most of my house without any molding. I am finding this difficult to live with but for resale reasons later I want to preserve the travertine. Is it possible to have carpeting installed, wall to wall in some places, without damaging the travertine. Can it be done without any molding to tuck the carpet under ?