DG Hardware is a convenient neighborhood hardware store chain located in the Sarasota area as well as in Illinois and Wisconsin. Owned and operated by the Schaefer family, DG Hardware provides electrical supplies, plumbing supplies, hardware such as nuts, bolts and screws, building supplies, lawn and garden products and cleaning and household items. Services include screen and vinyl window repair and replacement, screen and spline by-the-foot and sharpening for knives, scissors, loppers, hedge clippers, axes and other garden tools. Bulbs and batteries can be replaced, propane exchanged and glass and acrylic cut-to-size. DG also offers wire, fuel line, vinyl tubing, chain coaxial cable, cat 5 cable, telephone line and rope by-the-foot as well as pvc, copper, galvanized and flexible tubing.