Abstract: Pull bars for the installation of flooring materials, especially tongue-and-groove flooring materials, having a removable anvil cap. In especially preferred embodiments, the pull bars of the present invention have an elongate tail piece, a header bar attached rigidly to a forward end of the tail piece, and a tail block assembly attached rigidly to a rearward end of the tail piece, wherein the tail block assembly includes a forwardly inclined tail post and an anvil cap removeably coupled to a terminal end of the tail post. The anvil cap may be formed of a metal or plastics material. In use, the pull bar may be employed to install flooring material by striking the anvil cap repetitively with a hammer or mallet until such time that the anvil cap becomes damaged due to receiving such blows. The damaged anvil cap may then be removed form the tail piece and replaced by an undamaged anvil cap.