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Who needs to take responsibility for this?

I work at a Korean Elementary School and the school provided me with housing. I live in a “shatek”. A week ago I went on vacation in Busan and gave the school’s administation office the numbers of people I would visit there as well as the number of the hotel I would stay at in any case of emergency. Then the area I stay in had a power failure. I came back to a stinking home, because the fridge was off and I lost all my frozen veggies and meats. The TV also didn’t survive the power failure. The “shatek” is very old and needs a lot of work, but the school doesn’t want to take any responsibility for fixing it up. The only thing they did was put on new wallpaper. The water leakages and the lack of an aircon are driving me nuts! Should the administration office pay for my losses and any work done (and paid) by myself on the place?

Building underfloor heating using a “Power Shower” – possible or nuts?

It’s just an idea, but wouldn’t this work: My house is built on pillars, and skirting closes the space underneath it off. I want to weld up a meandering system of pipes in a closed loop, filled with water; and somewhere in the loop, I would install an instant water heater. That heater would heat up the water and keep it pumping around, and since the intake water temperature would be rising ever higher, it could probably run on very little energy – maybe low enough to be fed only with a 400W wind turbine?
I’d love to hear your opinion on this. I know nothing about plumbing or heating, but I’m an adventurous guy and will try this sort of stuff unless somebody advises me otherwise – so, if you think I shouldn’t try this, would you please let me know ans also tell me why?
Thanks so much.