A water specialist, not a salesman.
Filter Tech Inc. is owned and operated by Jay Hanlon, a water specialist with three decades in the water filtration trade — and a stubborn belief that the customer should see the test before they hear the price.
Three decades, one trade.
Jay spent his first twelve years as a plumber. He saw firsthand what water does to pipes, fixtures, and water heaters when nobody’s filtering it — and what happens when somebody tries to sell a family the wrong fix.
After plumbing, he moved into filtration full-time, spending nine years as the operations manager for a national water company in Florida. He learned every system on the market, and more importantly, learned which ones live up to their brochures and which ones don’t.
In 2004 he joined Filter Tech of Georgia, then based in Tyrone. He bought the company in 2010, renamed it Filter Tech Inc., and moved the headquarters to Hogansville in 2019. He’s run it the same way the whole time: test first, explain everything, never sell a system you don’t need.
“My favorite test result is the one where the water’s fine and I get to drive home without selling anything. That’s how you build a business that lasts.”
Education first. Sales second.
Test before you sell.
Every job starts with a free, in-home test. If we don’t see a problem, we don’t make one up.
Explain in plain language.
You should leave the conversation knowing what’s in your water. No jargon, no scare tactics.
Recommend what fits.
Sometimes that’s a $4,000 whole-house system. Sometimes it’s a $400 cartridge. We tell you which.
Stand behind it.
Annual service keeps your system working — and keeps us accountable to the result we promised.
The first step is a free water test.
Free in-home visit and water sample. No pressure, no obligation — just the precise readings, in plain language, after the lab comes back.