Abstract: A device for applying covering material provided in the form of a roll, said material having an adhesive layer (31) along one edge section. The device comprises a frame (1) with two parallel holders (3, 4) each for carrying a roll (5, 6) of covering material. A handle (7) connected to the frame extends transversely to said holders and inclined in relation to the plane of the holders. The device simultaneously receives oppositely wound rolls on the holders and permits a web of covering material to be fed from either of the two rolls in opposite directions, as desired. The handle (7) can be swung between two oppositely inclined positions so that the device can be moved in one or the other application direction as desired in order to feed out a web of covering material from the relevant roll of covering material. A web-shearing means (9, 10) is arranged on the frame for respective webs of covering material.